A Texas man wrote his late father a humorous obituary memorializing his quirks and idiosyncrasies, even causing the Facebook post sharing his obituary to go viral.
Robert Adolph Boehm died at the age of 74 in his apartment in Clarendon, Texas, after tripping and hitting his head on the floor. His son, Charles Boehm, who was tasked with creating his father's obituary, found himself looking for tips on how to formulate it online, according to the Washington Post.
"Robert Adolph Boehm, in accordance with his lifelong dedication to his own personal brand of decorum, muttered his last unintelligible and likely unnecessary curse on October 6, 2024, shortly before tripping backward over "some stupid mother****ing thing" and hitting his head on the floor," the obituary begins.
"Robert was born in Winters, TX, to the late Walter Boehm and Betty Smith on May 6, 1950, after which God immediately and thankfully broke the mold and attempted to cover up the evidence," it continues.
Charles, Boehm's youngest son, mentioned how his birth, as well as the births of his older siblings, conveniently allowed his father to escape being drafted to serve in the Vietnam war.
"Much later, with Robert possibly concerned about the brewing conflict in Grenada, Charles was born in 1983," the obituary continued.
"We have all done our best to enjoy/weather Robert's antics up to this point, but he is God's problem now," Boehm wrote at the end, imploring friends and loved ones to wear outdated or inappropriate clothing to his dad's farewell tour on Oct. 14 held in Amarillo, Tex.
Clarendon resident Chuck Robertson, owner of Robertson Funeral Directors where Boehm's obituary was sent, said it caused him to laugh so hard that he almost choked on his breakfast.
"I told people in the office, 'Well, this is going to get us some attention,'" said Robertson. "I'd never had a family come through the doors that wrote an obituary as classic as that one. It immediately puts a smile on your face."
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