An obituary written for a 91-year-old Ohio woman is leaving a lot of people in tears of laughter after the woman’s granddaughter decided to get a bit creative.
Melissa Falter said she’s always been very close with her grandmother, Jean E. Oddi.
“We chatted about everything…even death,” Falter told Global News. “She told me to keep her obit simple and just put: I was born. I lived. I died.”
And that was exactly how Falter began writing her grandmother’s obituary.
“I was born. I lived. I died. I hate to admit it, but evidently I died,” began the obit. “I’m leaving behind a hell of a lot of stuff Casey and Melissa will have to get rid of….But this is not the time to talk about what I may or may not have bought from the JC Penney Outlet or TJ Maxx.”
Falter said she wrote the obit as if she were her grandmother.
“I wrote it in her voice and shared stories,” said Falter. “She was a tell-it-like-it-is kind of person – she said what she meant. But if you knew her, you knew it came from a place of love.”
Like, who Oddi’s favourite family members were.
“I will be missed by my favorite daughter, Casey; my adorable and favorite granddaughter, Melissa,” the obit continued. “I had hilarious and memorable adventures to Florida, Washington, D.C., Vegas…and sorry Casey, Canada.”
When asked if Falter ever read the obit to her grandmother, she said she did.
“I read it to her but she was unconscious in hospital. I really believe it would be something she truly would have loved.”
Falter said Oddi had received a CT scan on Feb. 13 that showed her grandmother had a brain bleed. The doctors wanted to do brain surgery but she had told them “hell no.”
That’s when she began to fall into unconsciousness. Oddi died on Feb. 20.
“I thought she would appreciate me writing it. I’m just like her,” said Falter. “It’s lighthearted, about living a well-lived life and not taking yourself seriously.”
You can read the entire obituary here.
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