Very sad. 

Was there no one-- family member or friend-- in touch with her, or otherwise interested in her well being, with whom she may have shared the news of her "good fortune"? 

No professional-- a doctor, or lawyer-, or a social worker- with whom she might have discussed what was happening in her life? 

And what about the bank or other institution through which her funds would have been depleted? Did no one notice the rapidly declining balances and the repeated large withdrawals, and wonder whether that was an unusual pattern for a retired widow?