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La Huesera

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How old was everyone when they lost their last grandparent? Or do you even remember your grandparents?
 
I've only lost one and that was at the age of 19, another died before I was born and the remaining two are still alive.
 
last grandparent died (Grandfather) when I was 27, 8 years ago.

Never knew my Dad's dad, only his Mother, and can't remember when she died. My Maternal Great-Grandparents died when I was 13 (GGF) & 17 (GGM).
 
I was 17 when my mother's mother died... 2 weeks before HS graduation

I was 21 when my father's father died

24 when my father's mother died

my mother's father is still with us and going strong and so is my step-father's mother
 
dont really know 2 of mine.. let alone if their still alive or not.. as for the other 2.. their still alive and kicking
 
My Mother's grandfather died while she was pregnant for me and her grandmother died when I was 4.

My father's grandparents I never knew.

My father's parents are sill alive but they don't have much to do with me and my family. And to tell you the truth I could care less.

My Mother's father died when I was 23 and my daughter was 9 months old. My Mother's mother is still alive and kicking.
 
my mothers mother was one of the biggest influences in my life she's the person i most try to be like


she died when i was 13 and i miss her still :(
 
paternal grandfather when I was 11

maternal grandfather when I was 18

paternal grandmother when I was 18

maternal grandmother when I was 28
 
I think that I was 1 when my Dad's father died.
I was about 17 (maybe younger) when his Mom died.
I was 22. going on 23, when my Mom's mom diead and her father died exactly 31 days later.
 
I never met my paternal grandfather drank himself to death before I was born. ( from what I understand he faught in the trenchs in WW1 and was never the same after.)

My maternal grandmother died when I was 3.

My maternal grandfather when I was 12.

My paternal grandmother when I was 17.
 
Never met any of my grandparents .....

they all died before I was born. :(
 
My mom's mother, Gammy, died when I was 7 and waiting to see if my dad could talk the doctors into letting us go into her hospital room.

My mom's dad, Gampy, died the following winter, he never got over losing her.

My step dad's parents are the only other grandparents I ever knew. Until I was 15 I thought he was my bio dad.

Luckily, I still have Grandmother and Granddaddy.
 
I lost my first grandparent three years ago, my Mom-Mom (my paternal grandmother) Here's hoping the others stay around for a loooong time to come:(
 
Paternal Grandfather.....still alive and kicking at 98
Paternal Grandmother.........40
Maternal GF....16
Maternal GM..39
 
grandparents

my mothers mother is still hanging on to her life.she is one tough woman.grandpa never met.he died when my mom was a kid.her mother raised 6 kids by her self .
 
My paternal grandparents died when i was a baby, therefore i only ever knew my maternal grandparents.

My grandfather died when i was about 22 and the world is a poorer place for his loss. He was an inventor, a quirky, odd little man who was forever stuffing cool rocks into my hands and pointing out constellations when we walked at night. I went into science *because* of the influence my grandfather had on me.

My grandmother died within a year of grandfather's death. It was one of those "broken heart" deaths we've all heard about. She made great cookies and often asked me when i was going to settle down and make her a great grandmother.

They were good people, my grandparents.
 
My last grandparent took the big journey two days ago. Gramps was 87 and still able to get into his garden this year. It was very quick and somewhat of a shock to everyone. I am very fortunate to have had him in my life for 31 years.
 
Two of my grandparents died when I was youg...say 8 or 9. One was gone before I could say grandparent...and his wife died when I was 30.

My husband has lost two grandparents in the last 5 years....and two are still living...(he is 43).

Sadly, we have both lost parents in the last 5 years...my father, a freak accident and then HMO medicine (lack of treatment), and my mother in law..HMO medicie (poor diagnosis) followed by a lingering death from cancer.
 
Out of my main grandparents, I have only lost one, my fathers mother. She died when I was in 8th grade, so roughly 13-ish.

Other then that, my great-grandma on my mom's maternal side died over the summer. All my other great grandparents, and great grandparents died when I was either to young to remmeber, or before I was born.
 
My parents divorced when I was very young, And I have never had any real contact with members of my fathers family, so I'll be naming my mother's relitives.

My Great-Grand mother died when I was three years old. She lived with us and I thought that she wasn't home because I wasn't potty trained. My first day out of the house without diapers we went to visit her in the hospital. I showed her that I was "a big girl" but she acted as if I wasn't there. She died a weak later.

I was six when my Great-Grand father died. The tradition was I would eat breakfast upstairs with my mother, then down stairs with Granpae. He also had this chair that none of his five children or his thirty grand children or numberless great grand children could sit in. When he would get up to change the chanel on the tv I would move his slippers to the couch and tell him to sit there, and he would. Oh, the power of a six year old.

I was 15 when my grandmother died. Out of her nine grandchilden, I was the one she was the closest to. I lived with her untill I was ten, and she knew more about me than anyone in the family. Whenever I was having a tough time, Nani was the one I would turn to. I was in a school play, and she went to opening night, but was gone by curtan fall the next night.
 
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