So sorry to hear this.
Thank you so much for sharing the pictures of Cashmere, Cotton and Corduroy, and the memories, too. I have had cats who would always check out my flowers — however, most of mine would eventually either chomp them, or outright take off with a few! Sounds like Cashmere had more class.
See the pink paws in the last 3? They were 'helping' install tile. The pink was from the thing used to draw straight lines - it was a string that out red chalk in lines. Very much fun to play with, apparently.