On May 10, 1976 she committed suicide by gunshot on the 18th anniversary of her son's Richard Freeman Skelton death.
Her daughter Valentina Marie Skelton was born on May 5, 1947. Her son, Richard Freeman Skelton was born on May 20, 1948 and died on May 10, 1958 of Leukemia, just 10 days before his 10th birthday.
Entombed at Forest Lawn, Glendale - Great Mausoleum, Sanctuary of Benediction.