A Eulogy for Grandma that Expresses People’s Love, and Helps Them Heal in this Time of Sadness

Your Grandma holds a special place in your heart as you grow up, and throughout your life. Which means giving the eulogy for her is likely to be emotional, poignant and actually very rewarding indeed.

One theme may be how your perspective on her has changed over the years, and yet also stayed the same. I know I got to know my own Grandma in a completely different way once I was an adult – how could it be otherwise? – and at the same time in my mind she always stayed the way I’d known her as a kid – warm, loving, generous, modest, soft and gentle. I still remember her saying to me when I was seven years old, “One of the things about being a grandparent is you don’t have to be as strict with your grandchildren as you do with your children.” And as she said this she handed me a bar of chocolate!

Your own memories will be unique, and how you present them will likely depend on whether anyone else is speaking too. Here, below, is the eulogy that James gave for his grandma, Molly. James’ father had already given a eulogy for Molly, which loosely overviewed her whole life, and which you can read here, so James’ eulogy is given from his own, personal perspective. I suggest you read both eulogies side-by-side.

“Every one of us here today is a friend of Molly’s. Some of us are also relatives. Her warmth towards us was palpable, and could be felt as soon as she saw us, even at a distance.

She belonged to the generation that lived through two world wars, albeit that she was too young to remember much of the first one. Nevertheless, she grew up during the privations and crises that followed it, only to plunge straight into the Second World War, and then face the shortages and austerity of the forties and fifties. If the conversation could be steered to the early part of her life, to hear about her struggles in bringing up Ralph [her son] and holding down a full-time job was gripping, and made one appreciate our own good fortune in living through the second half of the twentieth century.

Her most striking characteristics were her energy and bubbliness, and her inexhaustible concern for and interest in others – a kindly interest, not gossip.

She was an invaluable member of any society or group in which she found herself, ever willing to take on responsibility – indeed, one or two organizations ceased to function when she left them.

Molly was a tireless cook – many of us have been the recipients of her delicious mince pies, biscuits and cakes, not only when visiting, but frequently to take away as well.

Her delight and pride in and affection for her family were infectious, creating a glow in all around her.

We are here to commemorate Molly’s life and spirit. Her best and surely her most desired memorial will not be of wood or of stone, but the countless memories that will last as long as each one of us is alive.”

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