When my great-grandparents died I was part of the family that went through and made the decisions on what to keep and distribute in the family and what to ditch

When my great-grandparents died I was part of the family that went through and made the decisions on what to keep and distribute in the family and what to ditch. When we couldn't find any takers for some clearly dear items (to my great-grandparents), into the trash or donation box they went. There simply wasn't time or interest to sort through two lifetime's worth of sentimental mementos that really only meant something to them. Of both of them, the things anybody really kept fell into two camps: practical, furniture, bedding, that sort of thing and small tokens of general family interest like my great-grandfather's WW2 dog tags, or photos of distant relatives for the genealogy enthusiasts. There was some grumbling over having to take some of the furniture. In a few years, I'll be dealing with this same situation again with my grandmother, my father and then my mother (if they go in that expected order). I'm trying to convince them to have a plan for what to do with all their collected stuff, because I don't really want any of it outside of again, a few general family items -- I definitely do not want their furniture.