My other niece has a doctorate from the University of California at Berkeley in I think drama. She is some kind of hospital administrator. She is married, no children. My niece that died left behind a boyfriend, she had no children. I have a nephew also, girlfriend and no children.
I have not seen my niece this century but we email several times a year. The niece that died I last saw back in the 80s and my nephew in the 70s.
My sister is actually a half-sister; older than me, same mother different fathers.