Age your grandparents died (husband, father, person, children)

[Ottawa2011]

Maternal grandfather died of cancer in his early 50s, way back during WW2. My paternal grandparents died at about the same age, during the same era (causes unknown, possible cancer and a heart attack).

My maternal grandmother lived to be 103 though.

[Amelie90]

My maternal grandfather died when he was 65- I was 15.
My paternal grandfather died when he was 95- I was 31.

Both of my grandmothers (83 and 97) are still alive, and the older one is in better health than the younger one.

[Sarahsez]

Maternal grandfather died when I was 12 of cirrhosis of the liver.
The rest lived better lives.
My paternal grandfather died when I was 30.
My maternal grandmother died when I was 31.
My paternal grandmother died when I was 33.

[North Beach Person]

Originally Posted by North Beach Person

Grandfather 1919-Spanish Flu, early/mid 30's
Grandmother 1940-heart disease, 50
Grandfather 1968-old age 89
Grandmother 1964-old age 84

Mother died four years ago at 89.
Father died in 1960 from an accident, age 41.

Originally Posted by apexgds

OP was asking how old were YOU when they died.

Oops, misread. Had it in my mind it was some sort of longevity thread.

So, in the case of the first two I wasn't born.

For the next two, 14 and 10.

For the last, 56.

Here's the deal, the grandparents I knew were my mother's parents (and you have to know that my father wasn't raised by his mother, the one who was 50 when she died, but handed him off to her brother and his wife who raised him. He was sickly and his father was the one who died of the Spanish Flu just prior to my father's birth.) were singularly unhappy people who were really entering their dotage when I knew them. They didn't really like their children except to the extent that they would do things for them like buy them food, pay their taxes and haul them around so they had zero time for grandchildren being underfoot. Well, except for the fact that said grandchildren would be able to milk the cows, gather the eggs and harvest various crops when they were there.

Both sets of grandparents (the "real" ones and the paternal uncle and his wife who raised my father) were of the "children are to be seen and not heard" and "there are always chores to do" schools of thought. Visiting either set was unpleasant and quite frankly made me a very unhappy child.

So, those of you who have pleasant memories of your grandparents is nice but doesn't fit my experience.

[Lost Roses]

Both sets of grandparents died before I was born. That's why I enjoy being a grandparent so much as I never had them myself!

[Tobiashen]

Both sets of grandparents were long dead before I was born (three died in 1932; the other died in 1943). I was born in 1964. I have no relatives left.

[Sage 80]

Maternal grandfather, I was 13.
Maternal grandmother, I was 29
Paternal grandfather, I was 2
Paternal grandmother, I was 11

[cre8lite]

all of mine died when i was in my 20's, they were all in their 80's

DH has 1 grandmother left, still kicking at 93yrs old but was just placed in an old age home earlier this yr. this is the one he is closest to, so it's gonna be a real heartbreaker for him when the time comes

[irootoo]

Maternal grandfather died before I was born
Paternal grandfather died when I was 6
Maternal grandmother died when I was 10
Paternal grandmother died when I was 32

[Brian]

My maternal grandfather died at age 62, I was just 12.
My maternal grandmother is still living at age 93.
My paternal grandfather died at age 68, I was just 14.
My paternal grandmother died at 67, I was just 15.