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Tragedy in the family
5 years ago
I just learned that my mom's grandmother, my greatgrandmother, from my grandfather's side of the family had just passed away. She caught a stomach bug, it is not the coronavirus. Couldn't eat food for four days, my grandfather admitted her to hospital, the doctors wanted to put tubes in her, but my grandfather didn't want her to have them. Good thing about it yet, she didn't suffer. She will be having a funeral, but it only be an hour long, my grandfather insisted us not to come. We were okay with it. If anyone wants to talk to me they can. I welcome them, makes me feel that life should continue to move on.
Many of my great-grandparents were dead before I was born.
My dad's mother's father lived I think till the 1990's and then died (I think he was almost 90, maybe was over it.)
My mom's mom's mother lived till 2006 I think and died at the age of 95.
My dad's dad's mother died in December 2009.
My dad's dad's uncle died sometime between 2009 and 2016.
My dad's dad's aunt died in November 2016 and she was the last of the fourth generation.
I've lost about half or more of the third generation:
My mom's dad died some years back (think it was 2010).
My mom's mom's sister died in 2014 or 2015.
My dad's mom's sister died in 2018.
My dad's dad's brother died in 2019 (or maybe it was early this year.)
My mom's mom is 91 but I think is still fairly healthy.
My dad's dad is 80 and pretty good.
My dad's mom is in her 70's (I want to say she's 75 or 76) and she isn't in the best health but isn't in serious condition either.
I believe my dad's dad's other brother is also in his late 70's or early 80's and is in good health.
I believe that my mom's mom is the last one of her siblings alive.
Not sure about my mom's dad's siblings or my dad's mom's other siblings.
First my mom's grandmother, from my grandmother's side of the family passed away in August of 2006 she was 79.
My greatgranduncle from mom side of the family died a year later in 2007. Forget his age somewhere in his 70's.
Then in March of 2015, my grandmother from mom's side of the family passed away. I attended that funeral just weeks before being baptized and confirmed in a Catholic church at Midnight on Easter Sunday. She was 54, would have been 55 if she still lived on until August. She was the youngest child from my great grandmother.
A year after losing my grandmother, my granduncle also passed away. He was either in his 50's or 60's. He was the middle child from my greatgrandmother.
Three years later, my greatgrandaunt's daughter or niece was on her way to college was killed in a car accident when a truck hit her, the accident was caused by bad weather and worst road conditions due to black ice. She was either in late teens or early 20's.
Now to the most recent death that had happened yesterday. She was in her 90's.
I have great grandaunt who is still alive, last I heard still in good health. She is either in her 80's or 90's by now.
Also have another great grandaunt still in good health, as far as I know. 80's or 90's now.
I have one surviving granduncle left from my great grandmother, from my grandmother's side of the family before she passed away. He is basicly in his 50's or 60's, he was the eldest child.
I also have aunt who is still alive, but had been diagnosed with breast cancer last year, but has recovered.
That is my history.
Also, a year or less before I was born, my father's brother was killed in an car accident at the age of either 18 or 19. He was the youngest of my father's family (or else I think he was, unless my aunt was. I know they were a year apart and one of them got held back due to a late birthday so they were in the same grade in school.)