How old were you when your parents died

I was 60 when my mum died at 88 and I'm now 68 and have a 98 year old dad still around!

Mum died when I was 15, she took her own life at just 35. Dad died a few months ago

I was 7 years old when my father died and 41 when my mother died. My father dying so young caused enormous problems in our young lives as my mother remarried and, unfortunately, the new man was a sadistic bully and my mother was too frightened of him to protect myself and my 2 brothers. I have come to terms with it but my older brother still hasn’t accepted it.
My mother finally divorced him when she got to 63 but died a year later. What a waste of her life as she was finally happy again for that last brief year.

34 when dad died and 38 when mum died.

29 When I lost my dad and 33 when I lost my mum. My youngest was two and I felt like an orphan, incredibly sad and at the same time untethered. No ones opinion to worry about. Quite freeng in a way - but I would have sold my soul to have them back. I still felt I needed my mum in particular. She's been very hands on wiht my elder children.

Father died before I was born,Mum when I was 68,she was ninety

So sorry Downtoearth - how terribly sad.

I was 48 when my father died and 52 when my mother died. They were both 93. As the 'baby' of a spread out family, I feel fortunate that I was that old and had my parents for a long time. My eldest sister was 66 when daddy died. There are four of us sisters and we always talk about and miss our parents when we get together.

My dear dear Dad died when I was 60 years old in 2018 . He was 88 .After reading all these stories it makes me realise I was so lucky to have him around me for 60 years . My Mums going to be 88 this year and still managing at home on her own

I was 40 when my dad died and 50 when my mum died. I was also 54 when my husband died. I was 18 when one of my great grandmother’s died , 19 when I lost my grandfather and also one grandmother and 36 when my other grandmother died. I miss them all except my great grandmother who I only saw occasionally

I was 51 when my mother died aged 75 and 57 when my father died aged 89. An aunt I was fond of, my mother's sister, died when I was 62 and she was a week away from her 89th birthday.

I miss them but felt they had had a good and long life.

My sister died on Ne'erday of 2016 when I was 64 and she 60 - that was much harder to accept. I miss her nearly every day still. I never liked the New Year, but now I am sad then.

my mum died 1 january 2007 when she was 86 - 3 months before her 65th wedding anniversary. underlying cause of her death was bladder cancer which caused septecemia.
dad died 5 february 2008 when he was 87 - he'd had alzheimer's since 2006.
mum and dad were born 9 days apart and she always called him her toy boy.
i was 58 when mum died and 59 when dad died.
they would both be 100 in july this year and i miss them every day.

My Dad died when I was 19 in 1980 & 6 months before I got married. My mum when I was 35 in 1997 My mum was 63..being an only child it was even harder despite having a husband and 2 children

Oh my darling Dad died suddenly aged 49 and my lovely Mum was 50, but was ill for about a year - I was 14 & 16 respectively. In between, when I was 15, our gorgeous boxer dog had to be put down as she had the doggy equivalent of aggressive breast cancer. I felt both numb and angry. There was no counselling in the 60s and as a result I am very self-sufficient. I have outlived them by 20+ years and been married for 3 times longer than they were. Just wish that they could have met their GC and GGC.

33, and just before my youngest son was born, when my Dad died. My Mum already had dementia and died 8 years later when I was 41. As an only child with three young kids it was a very difficult time.

I was 33 when Dad died aged 63 and 47 when Mum died aged 70. Both quite young it seems to me now!

Mum died when I was 3 and DAd died when I was 6. Unfortunately i do not have any memories.

I was 42 and they both died within 3 months of each other, both aged 81. My dad died of a sudden heart attack, and my mum died in a nursing home, where she had been for about 2 years suffering from Alzheimers, after a stroke.

I lost my mum last year 2 days after my 60th birthday and my dad two years ago. My sister and I unfortunately have no children and we find ourselves feeling completely adrift now we have lost mum. My brothers are also grieving but have the distraction of their families to help. I miss my mum and dad every day and still find myself thinking” I ‘ll just ring mum” . Losing your parents changes life forever.

I was 17 when my Dad died of cancer at 52 and my Mum is still going strong at 101. She lives alone and looks after herself. I do her shopping for her but she still does her own cleaning, washing and cooking. She gets quite annoyed if I offer to do anything for her!

35 when my mum died. She was only 62. I had two young children of 2 and 4 so it was a really hard time. Sold up and moved 150 miles into rented accommodation and DH found a new job in my home town so I could help look after her once her condition was diagnosed as terminal. She died. Six weeks after we moved.
Dad is still alive 19 years later aged 85, I am 54.
So sad she didn’t get to enjoy retirement or see her grandchildren grow up.

My dad died when I was 4yrs old and my mum when I was 33yrs my children were only young so they don't remember her that well .

My dad died when I was 47, I'm lucky that at 72 I still have my mum, she will be 100 in May.

My dad died when I was 20 but my mum lived on as a widow for another 35 years. My dad was 8 years older than my mum and died very young - at 54 - so Mum was 81 when she died. Sad to think she was married less time than she was a widow!

Mum died aged 85 and I was 64.
Dad died aged 89 and I was 63
Two huge losses within 18 months, both lived independently ( they divorced when I was 15). Both died in hospices, one in Hove one near here in Keighley.
Miss them both enormously but did not want either to suffer any further.

I was 21 when my darling dad died...having been ill for ten years. My mother nursed him all that time, then she went on to live another 35 years. She was ‘on her own ‘ more years than she was married.... and she died at 92.