What would you say in your own obituary?
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January 19th, 2016
Several years ago, as part of a training session, we were asked to write our own obituary, which would be read in the next session by another trainee. What would you write?
Just by way of background: We recently lost a well-loved jelly, I recently lost a sister and a dear friend, and three of my favorite recording artists, (David Bowie, Glenn Frye, Natalie Cole) have passed. There have been a lot of other Q’s about mortality.
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15 Answers
“Proud adoring father of two great kids, M—and S—.”
I wrote this years ago now…my epitaph. For 99 years on the farm she’s been and she still goes down to the old goose pen.
Of course I am planning to be cremated and don’t really want an obituary, sooo, maybe just engrave that little ditty on my urn and after I am scattered to the four winds use it as a cookie jar. haha
My dads headstone says ” Still doin’ pretty good.”
The family sense of humor prevails.
I always thought it would be great to see a tombstone with the inscription
“WTF Just Happened?”
To all of my very best, good, true friends, thank you.
To all of my enemies and so-called “friends,” .... ...!
“The job’s done and the bitch is dead”.
Or.
“We are assembled here today to pay final respects to our honoured dead. And yet it should be noted that in the midst of our sorrow, this death takes place in the shadow of new life, the sunrise of a new world; a world that our beloved comrade gave her life to protect and nourish. She did not feel this sacrifice a vain or empty one, and we will not debate her profound wisdom at these proceedings. Of my friend, I can only say this: of all the souls I have encountered in my travels, hers was the most… alien. ”
She lived too hard, loved too little, gave as much as she could, and took darn little crap from anyone. Now she is gone, and it is someone else’s turn.
He came He left and neither mattered much.
Just the facts.
Name
Date of birth
Date of death
Reason for death
”There will be no services at the request of the deceased.”
If you can read this, then you’re too close.
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