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The elderly Windsor woman who suffered severe injuries in a shocking beating on Ganatchio Trail last year has died in hospital.

Sources have confirmed that Sara Anne Widholm, 76, died at Windsor Regional Hospital on Saturday, Dec. 15.

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“She was a faithful and beloved member of our church, Riverside Baptist, and we will miss her dearly, but now she is whole and at peace in heaven with her Lord Jesus,” said Pastor Brandon Taylor, leader of the church where Widholm and her husband were members.

Taylor said Widholm passed away quietly. He has been in contact with her adult children.

In a statement to the public, the pastor wrote: “On behalf of Anne’s family and our church family, thank you for your concern and prayers.”

It has not been disclosed if Widholm ever regained consciousness after the assault incident that horrified the community last fall.

Photo by Nick Brancaccio / Windsor Star

On the morning of Oct. 8, 2017, Widholm was walking on the Ganatchio Trail and cleaning it of litter, as was her regular habit, when she became the victim of an attack that Windsor police have described as “vicious” and “unprovoked.”