Nasty comments on that article. geeze. If the lady was proud of having had Sean as a student, then it was her boast to make - pretty damned churlish of some know-nowt to suggest that the article shouldn't have been written as it was (or at all).
Sometimes it really is true that if you don't have anything nice to say, say nothing at all.
She sounds like she had a fulfilling life. Sympathies to her extended family.