An Omaha widow was facing foreclosure on her town home, not for missing any mortgage payments, but because she was behind a few hundred dollars on her homeowner's association dues.

Even with monthly maintenance dues of just over $100, Susan Owens’ budget couldn't cut it. So when she fell several months behind, the attorney for Grayhawk Town Homes Association started the foreclosure process.

"Am I going to go home and find yellow tape around my house because he made it sound like I'd be out of my house in 20 days if I hadn't paid this."

After Six On Your Side reported in May about how Susan could lose her home, attorney James Martin Davis received a call. "A benefactor generous enough after they heard this widow and her problems offered to pay all the bills she owed.”

"It made my day, took so much worry away,” said Susan, who received more good news that will save her hundred of dollars she can't afford to pay.

In the court approved settlement, Susan paid $1,200 for past dues and late fees thanks to an anonymous donor. But the town home association attorney charged her about $600 for his attorney fees. "We filed a motion to dismiss and they conceded, tossed in the towel,” said Davis.

Susan says she can sleep easier now knowing she won't lose her home because a stranger paid her dues. "It made me feel if I'm ever in the same opportunity to do something for somebody else I'd love to do it. I wish I knew who she was."

Paul Lapuzza represents Grayhawk Town Home owners. He disagrees that the association threw in the towel. He says he dropped his demand for the attorney fees to avoid an expensive appeal process. Lapuzza says the settlement between the widow and association is fair.