Great-Uncle Gus
September 14, 2006 – 9:13 amMy Great-Uncle Emil “Gus” Oranchak, who served in the 11th Airborne Division during WWII, passed away over the weekend and his funeral is tomorrow. I went to 1800Flowers.com to order and ship some sympathy flowers, and I noticed a curious entry in the choices for “Name of the deceased”:
“Myself”?
It gave me chuckle in the midst of the bad news.
4 Responses to “Great-Uncle Gus”
I don’t know how appropriate it is to say, “Whoa that’s funny!,” when you have a death in the family .. but .. it is.
I suppose if you committed suicide, you could have it set up so they find the flowers when they find your body.
Anyway — Sorry for your loss. I only ever knew one great uncle, Jack Bowen, and he died of cancer when I was 10 or so. My first funeral, and his wife was my latest funeral (been to 5, I believe).
By ClintJCL on Sep 14, 2006
I’m sorry for your loss, Dave. But that is funny.
By Carolyn on Sep 14, 2006
I think George Bernard Shaw said it best:
“Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.”
To me, death is a reminder to enjoy things that are funny even more.
By doranchak on Sep 27, 2006
Good attitude.
By ClintJCL on Sep 29, 2006