 After another Sunday with the Simpsons , Grampa meets Beatrice " Bea " Simmons , a resident at the Springfield Retirement Castle . They go on a date and fall in love . When Bea 's birthday arrives on a Sunday , Homer makes Grampa come on a family outing . The outing causes Grampa to miss Bea 's birthday . Grampa returns home expecting to see Bea . However , Jasper tells Grampa that Bea died of a burst ventricle while Grampa was out with the family . Left deeply depressed by her death , Grampa attends her funeral , where he angrily lashes out at Homer and refuses to speak to him . 
