A North Dakota man’s obituary is short and sweet.
In The Forum newspaper on July 1, Douglas Legler (who died on June 27, 2015) had the obituary, “Doug Died.”
“He said over and over, when I die I want my obituary to just say ‘Doug Died,’” Janet Stoll, the daughter, was quoted as saying.
“(Other people’s obituaries) would say ‘he was the president of this, a director of this’ and Dad would say, ’What, couldn’t they hold down a job?'”
According to another report from the newspaper, Legler lived a good life. He drove for Nash Finch, was a singer, a car enthusiast, and loved jokes (obviously).
Cremated Mom ‘Gets Smoking Hot Body’
Sybil Marie Hicks from Ontario passed on Feb. 2, at the age of 82, and her obituary is going viral.She worked with two of her children to pen the obituary.
“I passed peacefully with my eldest daughter, Brenda, by my side February 2, 2019 at 8:20 a.m.,” it added. “I leave behind my loving husband, Ron Hicks, whom I often affectionately referred to as a ‘Horse’s [expletive].’”
She also said she left behind “children whom I tolerated over the years; Bob (with Carol) my oldest son and also my favorite. Brian (with Ginette) who was the Oreo cookie favorite, Brenda AKA ‘Hazel’ who would run to clean the bathrooms when she heard company was coming.”
It continued: “I graduated from Waterdown High School with honors while wearing my shiny bright saddle shoes. I later graduated from Hamilton General Hospital School Nursing class of 1957B — Best Class EVER!”
And she quipped: “I finally have the smoking hot body I have always wanted… having been cremated.”
She concluded with, “For those of you who are wondering who assisted me in writing this… it wasn’t my husband, it wasn’t my oldest, nor was it my youngest ... Thank you all for sharing my life with me. I am off to swim to the buoy and back. Love, Sybil.”
The obituary said that the “hell of a lot of stuff” included two old TVs, a used toaster, and an Oldsmobile complete with a spoiler because “she loved putting the pedal to the metal.”
