Son, 41, writes hilarious obituary for his 74yo dad

An obituary for a 74-year-old man who died after falling and hitting his head has gone viral, with his son writing he was “God’s problem now”.

An obituary for a 74-year-old man who died after falling and hitting his head has gone viral, with his son writing he is “God’s problem now”.

Texas man Robert Adolph Boehm died on October 6 and his son, Charles, wanted to commemorate the man he had known — and give his dad one last chance to make his neighbours laugh.

He had never written an obituary before, he told the Washington Post, and — like everyone who is unsure how to do something in 2024 — turned to Google for help.

Charles stumbled across one that sounded similar to the way his father lived his life and decided he wanted to make his dad’s obituary as funny as possible.

“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 bleeping thing’ and hitting his head on the floor,” the obituary read.

Robert died on October 6. His son Charles wrote his obituary. Picture: Boehm Family via DignityMemorial.com

He joked that his Catholic father managed to get his mother pregnant three times in five years, allowing him to avoid getting drafted to fight in the Vietnam War.

“Much later, with Robert possibly concerned about the brewing conflict in Grenada, Charles was born in 1983,” Charles wrote.

“This lack of military service was probably for the best, as when taking up shooting as a hobby in his later years, he managed to blow not one, but two holes in the dash of his own car on two separate occasions, which unfortunately did not even startle, let alone surprise, his dear wife Dianne, who was much accustomed to such happenings in his presence and may have actually been safer in the jungles of Vietnam the entire time.”

He wrote about his dad’s love of collecting historical weapons, including a Mosin-Nagant M1891 of WWII-era Soviet Union.

Robert and Dianne. Picture: Boehm Family via DignityMemorial.com

“A man of many interests, Robert was not to be entranced by historical weapons alone, but also had a penchant for fashion, frequently seen about town wearing the latest trend in homemade leather moccasins, a wide collection of unconventional hats, and boldly mismatched shirts and pants,” he said.

“Robert also kept a wide selection of harmonicas on hand — not to play personally, but to prompt his beloved dogs to howl continuously at odd hours of the night to entertain his many neighbours, and occasionally to give to his many, many, many grandchildren and great-grandchildren to play loudly during long road trips with their parents.”

Earlier this year, Robert’s wife and Charles’ mother, Dianne, passed away, with Charles writing that God had “finally” shown her mercy and given her some peace and quiet.

Social media has had a huge reaction. Picture: Boehm Family via DignityMemorial.com

“Without Dianne to gleefully entertain, Robert shifted his creative focus to the entertainment of you, the fine townspeople of Clarendon, Texas. Over the last eight months, if you have not met Robert or seen his road show yet, you probably would have soon,” the obituary read.

“We have all done our best to enjoy/weather Robert’s antics up to this point, but he is God’s problem now.”

The obituary, which was shared to social media, quickly began to rake in the likes and comments.

Charles, who’s father lived in a town of 2000 people, knew the people who knew his dad would love the obituary but he was surprised when it blew up.

“You ever read an obituary and think, ‘Dang, I’m sorry I never had the chance to meet them. They seemed pretty cool’. That’s me with this guy,” one person wrote.

Another said they wanted to pay Charles to write their obituary for them.

Originally published as Son, 41, writes hilarious obituary for his 74yo dad