As the mother of the queen, grandmother to the queen's four children and, later, great-grandmother, she continued to be a very popular member of the royal family.

Beloved mother of Sherry and Loren and grandmother of Evan.

Myrna was the beloved mother of Leslie and Steven and treasured grandmother.

Karla Boykin, the mother of two of the girls and grandmother of the third, is well aware of her good fortune.

Loving mother of Dorothy and Philip, grandmother and great-grandmother.

Beloved mother of Barbara and Ira and grandmother of Debra.

Devoted mother of Richard and Lucy, and grandmother of Eliza.

Loving mother of Matthew and Amy and grandmother of Nathaniel.

The mother of three, stepmother of two and grandmother of eight, Ms. Wohl knows whereof she speaks.

And Dorothy Tripp, 77, mother of seven, grandmother of seven and great-grandmother of one.