Are your grandparents still alive or have they passed?

No, sadly my Grandparents all passed quite young (in their 50's or younger.) My Fraternal Grandfather was the first to go I don't have much memory of him I was maybe 5 or 6 I think when he passed of cancer. My other Grandparents were around a bit longer. My Fraternal grandmother was of Irish decent and she always had a rosy smile and a twinkle in her eye. wow come to think of it she could have been Mrs. Claus! LOL. Both of my grandmothers had 8 children each. And I was the oldest grandchild so I was luckier than some of my cousins and my brother (who is 26 years younger than me) they didn't really get to know them. My maternal grandparents were Ukrainian and didn't speak much English - the family was probably pretty dysfunctional but my grandmother could cook. Learned lots of things helping her prepare the Sunday meal we ate there every week! The 3 of them all passed within about a 5 year span. But my GREAT GRANDFATHER lived until he was 94! I used to love to visit him. He came here from Ireland and was born in like 1896. He was a sweet man and only had like 2 teeth left from what I remember.. But I used to love to visit him on his little place in the country. He used to run a small store Right out of the lower floor of his home. I remember when we were younger my cousins and I used to get free Stateline potato chips when we stopped in or a Coke. When he passed they had a little article in the paper. I really wish I had been a little more aggressive about getting to know him better. I bet he had a lot of stories I missed out on hearing.

Hello I am named after my Moms mom, my grand parents have passed away I remember my mothers father more than the rest, they lived in the country so I did not see them often Thank you.

All of my grandparents are gone now and in fact have been gone for many many years. The only grandparent I actually knew was my mother's mother and she was not what you would call a loving, kind woman so, I don't have good memories of her. I do wish I could have know my dad's mother but she passed when I was a baby. From what my mother says, she liked me. That would have been neat to have a grandma who actually liked you.

My grandmother passed away shortly following the birth of my youngest child, celticeagle. That child is now 37, so it has been a long time. I never knew my paternal grandparents, and I have felt that loss for most of my life. My maternal grandmother was a force to be reckoned with.She had the responsibility for the care of some of us at different times. She was rather obsessive about fishing, and we got to travel to many places because she heard they had great fishing. My grandfather was a slight man who worked in a foundry until he retired. Even though he and my grandmother divorced when I was a child he remained in our lives to some degree. I believe that his drinking led to their divorce. One of my fondest memories of my grandmother is the frequent fishing excursions we would go on. When we took trips as far as Grand Lake St. Mary's she would awaken us at about 3:00 A.M. in order for us to get an early start. We even helped her dig for night crawlers in the back yard!

I wish I had a chance to know any of my biological grand parents. All where gone years before I was born, both of my parents had a lost a parent at a young age (7 & 11)then the other parent right before then right after they where married. There is one woman I call Grandma though who helped raise my mother after her own had passed. I would do anything to get to spend more time with her as we do not live very close to each other. I was luck enough to have this woman to be my Grandmother when she didn't have to be.

My grandmother are still alive, and my grandfather on my mom side. my grandfather on dad's side is no longer living.

no they have all passed away. my dad's parents (which i spent the most time with when i was younger) were both involved in world war one and i wish that i could have asked them a lot more questions about their lives.

I always remember my grandparents with a fond smile in my face. They are kind and gentle soul. But they are gone and the memories are all I had. I wish I have spent more time with them when they are still alive.

My grand parents on my dad's side raised me. My grandmother passed when I was around 11 and my grandfather when I was 17. They were the center or "head" of the family too. I was very close to my grandfather. It seems that when he went..the whole family just kind of went apart. I left and never looked back. I did reunite with my grandmother on my mother's side about eight years ago. I had a wonderful five years with her before she passed. She was a breath of fresh air for me. It had been so long since I had any family. I had heard she loved me crazy when I was little but moved to California when I was around 7. She loved me crazy again when we reunited. She called me her "apple" because I was the apple of her eye..lol.

Hello Celticeagle, This is a nice discussion where we can think about our grandparents by sometimes most of the people have forgotten about them... I have my mother's mother still alive. SHe is now 88 years old, very active woman. She still can do some simple house chores, playing Chinese gable games. She sometimes will come for sleep over at my house.

all of my grandparents have passed away. I will never forget my maternal grandmother. She is such a sweet person who loves to eat. She has been warned over and over again to refrain from eating fatty foods because she has diabete. We did not know that she had been hiding cakes under the bed! hehehe. she is so unforgettable.

All of my grandparents have passed away. My grandparents on my Mom's side used to tell me how it was back in the depression. My Papa would ride trains looking for work. Later they both worked in cotton mills. My Dads parents had a small farm and also worked in cotton mills. They were wonderful loving people and I miss them so much.

My grandparents from both sides are gone also. But I got lot of knowledge and ideas from them. Talking with them was not very easy as talking with friends. But they were all very good listeners. I really loved to talk with them as they had so much experience and seen so many things in life. I never disobeyed them. I still remember my grandfather form my mother's side used to take me for walking in the morning and used to teach many things. My Grandma from my mother's side was very cool lady. I have seen very few ladies with temperament like her. I had never seen her talking at high voice with anybody. I remember all of them always, and really feel their absence in my life.

Hi celticeagle, i still have my father's side grand parents.....My grandfather is a military man....stout and strong enough...He is on his eighty nine now...Still he manages to walk boldly to nearby shops and moreover he is still crazy of wearing pants(ha ha ha)....My granny is just seventy five but she looks elder than my grandpa....She cooks so delicious such that i love eating whatever she prepares....Even the vegetables that she cook will be tasty....From my mother's side, i lost my grandpa...He passed away because of heart attack when i was doing my nineth standard itself...I just love him so much.....and i miss him too....my mother's mother is on her seventies doing quite healthy......

All but one of the my grandparents has passed. My grandmother is 77-years-old and is in good health. I think she'll probably live to be 100. She still has a job, in fact, two of them. She cleans houses. She's also a bingo addict. We have a new bingo parlor in Springfield and when she comes to visit I will take her there. I hope I age as well as she does.

Both my grandparents on both sides are still alive. The ones on my moms side are more relaxed and calm. But the ones on my dads side are partiers. Everyyears they throw a Tiki Party and invite 50 poeple. It's crazy.