Grandmother gets the final laugh at her own funeral
A woman’s hilarious move from beyond the grave has managed to somehow put the fun in funeral.
Twitter user Gracie Perryman, who lives in Austin, posted the unique card left for every guest at her grandmother’s funeral, which featured a photo of herself sticking her tongue out at the camera.
The message from her granny read: “Let’s keep in touch,” along with the finishing touch: a tiny Ouija board.
“Received this at my grandma’s funeral,” said Perryman, who identified herself in the comments as the woman’s granddaughter. “What an icon.”
The Post has reached out to Perryman for comment.
Perryman, who posted the photo on Oct. 18, told Today her grandmother Jodie Perryman had died of cancer at age 81 and had made the Ouija boards for guests herself before she passed in preparation for her funeral in Breckenridge, Texas.
An obituary published in local newspaper the Fulton Sun noted that Jodie passed away Oct. 12 at 81, and was known for her creativity, “quick wit” and “clever sense of humor.”
“She enjoyed crafting, crocheting, sewing and making holiday decorations with her children,” her obituary read. “The love she had poured over into everything she made.”
Perryman told Today that everyone was “dying” of laughter when they opened the envelopes at the funeral and saw what was inside.
“It was hilarious,” she said, “because that was so her.”
The hilarious and heartwarming card was immediately embraced by online users, with almost 53,000 tweets since Perryman posted it Tuesday.
Although an Ouija board — a device people claim can help them communicate with the dead — is often thought of as somewhat more spooky than heartwarming, Twitter users have gone wild for the unusual funeral favor.
“I’m so sorry for your loss,” one user replied. “My first reaction is that your grandma had a wonderful sense of humor, and her wanting to bring some light to the heaviness of grief is so sweet.”
“I didn’t have a plan for my funeral until now,” one Twitter user chimed in, with another agreeing it was a “badass idea.”
“I know what I must do when I die,” another wrote.
Jodie is survived by her daughter and two sons, seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.