After years of silent speculation, Trotter family members openly wondered Monday when ailing family matriarch Helen Trotter would die. 'I'd say sometime in the next six months,' Trotta's granddaughter Emily told her brother Zach after a visit to Valley View Nursing Home. 'No way she'll hang on more than a year.' Reports indicate that the Trotters hope the 88-year-old stays alive at least until after Christmas so it doesn't force a change of travel plans. 