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I hope this is ok to post here. Someone pasted this obituary to a genealogy group this morning. I don't know this man, but the his story made me laugh. I felt that this family did a great job in characterizing their loved one. I love the life story and the writing style. This is sort of how I 'attempt' to write some of my family stories. I use more details in my story because I'm not paying by the word.
I'm actually planning on writing my own obituary and I will put in it how my family thinks I've very vain and I don't trust them to do a good write up about me so I decided to do it myself.....from the beyond (do-do-do-do - in my Twilight Zone voice lol). My husband actually gets upset at me because I do talk of my funeral a lot and I don't trust him to do a good obit should I die before him. I'm also a better writer than most of my family members.
My husband thinks my family has a morbid fascination with death because we actually talk a lot about our funerals and obituaries. My mom wants us to play "pop goes the weasel" at her funeral prior to starting the service just to make sure she's dead because she promises she'll pop up at the end if she's alive!
My grandmother wanted a gold and silver casket and a horse drawn carriage at her funeral similar to the scene from "Imitation of Life." Before she died she said we didn't have to do the horse and carriage but that she wanted the gold and silver casket and for us to put her in her "good wig" lol. She also didn't want certain people to sing at her funeral and left instructions for us to tell them if they did, because she loved them, that they better open their dam mouths and sing like she knew they could and not like some scared sh** bird lol. I made sure to let them know this before the service and they sang their hearts out. She had been the choir director at her church and black funerals - the music is always the best part and she didn't want them to mess up her homegoing with their BS. LOL I really miss my grandmother. In her honor for the music at my funeral I will include her favorite funeral song "Blessed Assurance" even thought it is very religious and I'm not religious. It will be in honor of her as my ancestor. I also want some Stevie Wonder songs played (especially "Higher Ground") and some negro spirituals sung (especially "Hold On"). My husband rolls his eyes at me every time I speak of it but the kids are used to me talking about my funeral now like I was with my family at their ages.
His obituary reminds me of someone you meet who has a rough exterior. As you get to know them, you find out they have some good qualities. After a while, you find that person quite enduring.
His obituary reminds me of someone you meet who has a rough exterior. As you get to know them, you find out they have some good qualities. After a while, you find that person quite enduring.
I meant 'endearing' not 'enduring'. Too late for an edit.
Tim leaves behind a hell of a lot of stuff that his family doesn't know what to do with. So, if you are looking for a Virgin Mary in a bathtub shrine (you Catholics know what we’re talking about) you should wait the appropriate amount of time and get in touch with them.Tomorrow would be fine.
It's interesting how they reference some of the standard lines from obituaries. I have a friend who survived breast cancer. During her treatment, she said in no uncertain terms that if she didn't make it, she did not want her obit to say that she "fought a courageous battle with cancer." She said it was not courageous -- it sucked and left her in a depressed withered heap, agonizing in a state of pain and fear. To this day she really hates it when people say that. I have never had cancer so I can't relate, but it has made me not want to phrase things in those terms.
It's interesting how they reference some of the standard lines from obituaries. I have a friend who survived breast cancer. During her treatment, she said in no uncertain terms that if she didn't make it, she did not want her obit to say that she "fought a courageous battle with cancer." She said it was not courageous -- it sucked and left her in a depressed withered heap, agonizing in a state of pain and fear. To this day she really hates it when people say that. I have never had cancer so I can't relate, but it has made me not want to phrase things in those terms.
There was one that went viral sometime ago that said something like the decedent fought a weak and cowardly battle with cancer. They said he had a good sense of humor and wanted that line in his obit.
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