What are/were your grandparents like?

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Well, now that most of my grandparents are deceased, I thought it would be interesting to hear about other peoples' grandparents. What do you remember the most about them? What are/were their characteristic/traits? What do/did they do for fun? Do you remember any of their stories from when you were a child? My Grandpa (paternal grandfather) was the first grandparent of mine to die. It was the first time anyone in my family (besides distant realtives) had passed away. I was in high school when it happened. I think it made for an impressionable memory because it was the first death I had to deal with and I was in hig school at the time. I didn't think I'd cry at the wake/funeral because I didn't really see them often. But I did cry. The thing I remember the most about him is when Nana and Grandpa use to visit us a lot when we were young and always brought us chocolate, or other candy and my mom would get mad. My Grampy (my maternal grandfather) died 1-2 years ago. He'd been sick for a while and then he just died. His body was so septic that no medical school would take it (that was his request). His next request was to be cremated and have his ashes in the ocean (went to the ocean jsut about every weeken to fish when he was younger, and still did it ocassionally as he got older.)I can remember the day I got the phone call......They had a memorial service for him at church, and again, I didn't expect to cry but did. He was a grumpy old man. We called him Grumpy instead of Grampy (not to his face of course. The fishing is what I remembered the most about him, and all the games he and my grandmother would teach us when we were younger. My Grammy (maternal grandmother) died from ovarian cancer in January, 2007. I was at her side, holding her hand when she died. I only cried earlier when the hospice nurse told us she was going to pass soon. I cried a little bit later. Then I had a good cry the next day. I remember a lot about her. She was a nice lady who could get along with anyone. She would take us places and play with us. She always crocheted or knitted something for us. She was just a neat lady. When I became one of her primary caregivers, I used the advice the nursing from the nursing home where I used to work had told me "don't get emotionally involved when caring for someone you love, that's when misjudgements happed and mistakes get made." It was sad to see her declining. I think I didn't cry right when she passed because she looked so peaceful and I knew that she wouldn't be in pain anymore. I still think about her a lot, as I've 'inhereted' so of her things. My Nana (paternal grandmother) is the only one left. She's this short, pudgy German lady with an accent that reminds you of Dr. Ruth Westmeimer (sp?) and it made you laugh the way she pronounced certain things. I remember the same things about her as I do my Grandpa. Last I heard, she was doing well, but I haven't figured out what it is that's exactly wrong with her, but I will. Well, that's my grandparents. Why don't you tell me about yours?