(CNN) -- For years, Allan Munroe refused to leave his wife's side. Norma, his bride of more than six decades, was battling stage four lung cancer. 

As her health declined, Munroe welcomed the distraction of his second love: the Boston Red Sox. He kept his TV tuned to his favorite team's games to keep his mind off losing the woman he describes as the "better part of himself." 

Norma Munroe died in May. Angela McKinnon said that after her grandmother's death she knew she had to get her grandfather to Fenway one last time, if only because of his age and health. 

"After everything that happened, it was a horrible ordeal. We were talking about how life is short, and you just kind of have to make things happen," she said. 

Next weekend, Munroe will travel 1,000 miles to see his favorite team play in person for the first time in 50 years. His dream is coming true thanks to the generosity of strangers and a crowd-funding page his granddaughter set up. 

McKinnon decided to start a GoFundMe page called "ShipGpaUpToBoston" (named for the Dropkick Murphy's song "I'm Shipping Up To Boston," a Boston sports team anthem.) 

"Now is the time for my grandfather's wish to come true, because no one is guaranteed tomorrow," she wrote on the website. 

Munroe has had a number of medical setbacks in the past few years, including recently breaking his hip and being in the early stages of dementia. 

The family had no money to get Munroe from his home in Florida to Fenway. McKinnon asked for help, but the donations came in slowly. She then started tweeting her grandfather's story to everyone she could. 
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Munroe has had a number of medical setbacks in the past few years, including recently breaking his hip and being in the early stages of dementia. 
