I am sorry for your loss, Butch.
I remember when I was still living at home we lost our family cat that we had for 6 years.
She went out the house like she always done 1000 of times before and then she crossed our street to go to the yards of the houses across from us like she has always done 1000 of times before and on that day, she was hit by a car.
We got her when she was already 6 years old so she was at least 12 years old by then.
I think her senses and reaction time were just not like they used to be anymore.
My sister was 12 years old at the time and that was her cat:
she was a birthday present from Dad.
I think my sister did cry for a couple of days: she barely came out of her room during those 2 days.
In the time we had her, she had 2 litters: 4 and 5.
I still remember the first time she had a litter I was in Middle school.
I came home from school and I haven't even kicked my shoes off or put my school books down and Mom grab me by my arm and said:
Quick! You got to come see this!
We went into the garage where our cat was in a box lined with towels and she was nursing 4 kittens that were only a couple of hours old.
I still have a photo of her:
p.s. did you know a cat can have 3 litters per year with an average of 4-5 kittens per litter and in an average cat lifetime of 15 years, a cat can have up to 225 kittens?