Personalized Custom Grandpa Memorial Shirt with His Photo, Name and Years – Vintage Photo Tee

A grandpa memorial shirt should look like him, not like a sympathy card. This personalized custom design sets his photo in black and white under IN LOVING MEMORY, prints his name in tall antique gold letters, and adds his years in thin white figures beneath.

Choose a tee, long sleeve, crewneck or hoodie for each person in the family.

Upload Grandpa’s photo

The porch photo in our sample

Our example grandpa wears a flat cap and a chunky cardigan, relaxing in a wooden rocking chair beside a white front door with a hanging plant. ROBERT HAYES runs below in gold and 1948 – 2027 sits underneath.

On your shirt, his own relaxed everyday picture takes that spot. Think of him in the recliner, at the fishing hole, or holding a grandbaby for the first time. That’s what turns a grandpa photo tee into something the family reaches for.

How do I order a matching grandpa memorial shirt?

1. Pick sizes for everyone who’ll wear one.
2. Choose shirt colors. One color for all or a mix.
3. Upload his photo. The same picture on each shirt.
4. Type his name and years. Example: Walter Brooks, 1939 – 2027.
5. Check out. The Robert Hayes sample is replaced by your photo of Walter, with WALTER BROOKS in gold and 1939 – 2027 below.

Why his everyday porch photo feels most like him

• The pallbearers want something of his beyond a boutonniere
• Relatives flying in from out of town have nothing that ties them together
• His favorite photos sit in shoeboxes and old albums

A grandpa’s everyday photo usually says more about him than any formal picture could. His relaxed everyday photo in black and white under IN LOVING MEMORY, his name in tall antique gold letters and his years in thin white figures underneath.

Ordered most often by

Usually it’s his son or daughter, ordering for the grandsons who’ll serve as pallbearers and the cousins flying in. They’ve found the porch photo, the one where he looks like himself, and want it on every shirt.

• Memorial
• Father’s Day

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Sizes and fabrics

Short sleeve is the Comfort Colors 1717, 6.1 oz ring-spun cotton, garment-dyed and relaxed, S through 4XL. The Comfort Colors 1566 crewneck sweatshirt uses 80% ring-spun cotton and 20% polyester fleece, S through 3XL.

The Comfort Colors 1567 hoodie is preshrunk, garment-dyed 80/20 fleece with a jersey-lined hood, drawcord and pouch pocket, S through 2XL. All three fit unisex; fleece runs relaxed at your usual size and oversized one or two up. Compare measurements on our size guide.

Sleeves to the wrist come on the Comfort Colors 6014, S to 3XL. Older grandkids can wear the 9018 youth tee in XS to XL, and Grandpa’s littlest great-grandkids the Rabbit Skins 3326 toddler hoodie in 2T to 5/6T.

Pick everyone’s sizes

Delivery window

We print Grandpa’s shirts in the USA in 1 to 3 business days, then USPS carries them in 3 to 5 business days with tracking. Most families receive their order within 4 to 8 business days of placing it, though a delivery date can’t be guaranteed. Our shipping page explains costs and tracking.

See the full range of memorial shirts, or browse shirts for grandparents.