How long did you have your grandparents?

[redsunfish]

I knew all 4 of my Grandparents and 2 Great Grandmothers

Mom's Side
One Great-Memere died when I was 23 (she was 100 years old)
Pepere died when I was 16 (72...died of heart problems he'd had forever)
Memere still alive - in her 80's

Dad's Side
One Great-Grandmother died when I was 20 (she was 95)
Grandfather also died when I was 20 (he was 80)
[My Grandmother lost her husband and her mother within a week of eachother...it was a really hard time for our family.
Grandmother - Still alive - in her mid 80s

I'm really lucky to have known them all really well. I miss them a lot at this time of year.

My husband doesn't have any Grandparents or Great Grandparents left. I think he only met two of them and I never met any of them.

 

[smilie]

My dad's father passed away when he was 14, so I've only had 1 grandfather. But I did have both grandmothers.

My dad's mother passed away my senior year in high school. She died suddenly and was the first person close to me to have died. It was rought to deal with.

My only grandfather passed away about 6 months after I was married. He'd been struggling with leukemia for years. He developed lymphoma and died quickly after being diagnosed.

My last remaining grandparent (my mom's mother-husband was the one that died of cancer) sadly went crazy after my grandfather died. She's pretty much driven away every family member. She turned nasty and very evil. It's sad to see.

 

[marthachick]

Mom's side: Grandpa died when I was 7
Grandma died when I was 15

Dad's side: Grandpa died when I was 4
Granny is still alive and is 101.

 

[Boo'sMom]

I celebrated my 40th birthday this summer, and I have one set of grandparents still, who are both turning 90 next year. My maternal grandfather died just last year, at the age of 89. I did lose my nana way too early...I was only 19 when she died of colon cancer.

I'm thankful every day that I have another day with my grandparents. I'm going to miss them horribly when they're gone.

 

[chisnpeke]

My dad's dad died when I was a year old. His mom died when I was 10. I was never close to her and never really considered her my "real" grandma because she never acted like one. My dad (whom I am not close to) never really seemd to have a close relationship with her either and always loved my mom's parents.

My mom's parents are the only ones I really consider having had a grandparent relationship with. My grandma died when I was 11 (two months away from 12) of stomach cancer and my grandpa died when I was 15 (month away from 16) of lung cancer, a day after being officially diagnosed. He went really fast. I miss them both very much and wish I had had more time with them. This time of year is especially hard. I just want to get through it because I miss them so much.

 

[Jenvenza]

I was 6 when I lost my Grandfather on my Dad's side.

I was 28 when I lost my Grandmother on my Dad's side.

And I was 30 when I lost my Grandmother on my mother's side. That was in June.

My mom's dad is still alive, but not doing really well.

I also had two great-grandparents that were around for awhile. I was probably 9 or so when they died. Not sure exactly.

 

[A4Disney]

My dad's parents were gone long before I was even born. (Dad had lost both parents by his early 20s) My mom's dad died of cancer when I was just over a year old. (The story goes that my parents sneaked me into the hospital to see him when I was a baby.) So the only grandparent I really knew was my mother's mother Rose who lived until cancer took her the summer I was 8.

It's so sad- I know people older than me who still have their grandparents, and I always feel a bit envious. Rose was a wonderful and interesting woman. She hitch-hiked across the country as a young woman in the 30s! I didn't know about that until long after she was gone.

So, how many of you were lucky enough to get to know your grandparents?

I've been very lucky.I am 36 and both my maternal grandparents are alive and well and so is my paternal grandmother.My paternal grandfather died when I was 14 due to ALS(Lou Gehrig's disease)

 

[Pikester]

Lost my Maternal Grandfather when I was 16 to cancer; he was 60ish.

Lost my Paternal Grandfather to a massive heart attack when I was 24; he was 61.

Lost my Maternal Grandmother just this year and I'm 36, she was 75.

My Paternal Grandmother is still going strong at 74.

 

[PaulaSB12]

My maternal grandparents both died when I was between 2 and 3. My grandfather was born in 1893 and his wife in 1894 so there really wasn't much chance of me knowing them for long. My father's mother killed herself when he was 7 because of cancer, and I think that did a lot of damage to him. His father died before my parents married. By starting the family tree I found a grandson of my grandmother's sister and he emailed me the only three pictures I have of them.

 

[NCRedding]

My maternal grandfather died (at 55) 6 days after my 5th birthday. My paternal grandfather died (at 67) 6 days after my 16th birthday. My paternal grandmother died (at 85) when I was 34. My Mimi who was a wonderful grandmother died at 91 when I was 44 years old. I even had 2 great-grandmothers until I was in my teens.

My daughter unfortunately lost both her paternal grandparents before she was 9. DH's mother died when she was 5 and DD had very few memories of her. My parents are very much alive and enjoy spoiling her.

 

[kim929]

Not long enough... My mim passed away when I was 25 my pip 34 my vo 30 and voo 28 (all slang abreviations I know) I miss them all very much and think about them all the tiime

 

[OK!]

My dad's mother died when I was a year old, from complications from polio. I was lucky enough not to lose another grandparent until my mom's dad passed away when I was 24, from cancer. My mom's mother passed away when I was 32, very suddenly and unexpectedly, and my dad's dad passed away when I was 33. His second wife died the year before he did.

It was a really unpleasant surprise to wake up one morning after my grandpa died and realize that I no longer had any grandparents.

 

[simba928]

I'm pretty lucky in that I've had all my grandparents the entire time I was growing up. My grandfather on my mom's side died a couple months before I turned 18. I'm the oldest of my cousins, though, and that was my senior year of high school. He desperately wanted to see one of his grandkids graduate and told my grandmother he just wanted to see me graduate. He didn't get to, though.

Both grandparents on my dad's side, who I'm really close to, and my grandmother on my mom's side are alive.

 

[Disney Doll]

2 died long before I was born. 1 died when I was 6 months old. The last one died when I was 17.

 

[scrapquitler]

On my Mom's Side: Grandma and Grampa both died when I was about 26 (within 6 months of one another)

On my Dad's Side: Grampa died when I was 22 (3 weeks after my wedding) and my Grandmother died a little over a year ago, when I was 40.

To take it a little further: I don't remember any of my great grandfathers, they either died before I was born or shortly thereafter. I do remember two of my Great-Grandmas...one died when I was a senior in high school, the other died while I was in college. The others died before I was born.

 

[WDWBarb]

I'm 40, and I just lost my grandmother last weekend.

I still have two living grandparents - pretty amazing.

 

[LindaG4458]

Maternal grandfather died when I was 4. He was in his early sixties.
Maternal grandmother died when I was 10. She was 58.
Mother died when I was 41. She was 65.

Paternal grandfather was separated, then divorced from my grandmother. I met him once when I was a teenager. I don't know how old he was when he died.
Paternal grandmother died when I was 22. She was 76.
Father died when I was 11. He was 35.

 

[luvmy3]

I'm in my mid thirties and I am lucky to still have 3 of my 4 Grandparents. My Grandfather died 11 years ago.

 

[georgina]

I never met any of my grandparents.

Both my grandfathers died in the 1920's. My mom and dad didn't know their fathers.
My dad's mom died when he was 17.
My mom's mom was living when I was born, but lived across an ocean and three was no money for travel. My mom didn't see her between 1937 and 1967; she did get back to see her once before she died.

My dad lived to age 85, mom still alive and kicking at 89.

 

[lacrosse_lady72]

I'm 22, born 1987.

On my mom's side, both parents are well and kicking... just recently did my great grandparents (mother's father's parents) pass on, 2003 and 2006. My grandparents on this side are 70 and 73.

On my dad's side, both parent's have passed. My grandpa left us in May 1995 (at 70) when I was 7 and my granny just recently passed on in March 2009 (at 82).