An obituary for a 74-year-old American man who died after falling and hitting his head has gone viral, with his son telling the public he is “God’s problem now”. Robert Boehm died on October 6 and his son, Charles Boehm, remembered his father’s life in the most unconventional and hilarious of ways. He clearly told the public who his father really was. But he clarified that it was not due to disrespect. Instead, it was a more honest tribute to the man who raised him, and to his small town of Clarendon, Texas, a chance to laugh once again with his beloved fellow resident.
“Robert Adolph Boehm, consistent with his lifelong dedication to his personal brand of propriety, muttered his last vague and potentially unnecessary curse shortly before slipping backwards over ‘some stupid bullshit’ on October 6, 2024 and “Hitting his head on the floor,” according to a Facebook post by Robertson Funeral Directors.
In the obituary, Mr Charles recounted his father’s life from beginning to end. He wrote that his father was born in 1950, “God immediately and thankfully broke the mold and attempted to hide the evidence”. He also joked that his Catholic father managed to get his mother pregnant three times in five years, thereby saving him from being drafted to fight in the Vietnam War.
“Catholically raised Robert managed to get his wife Diane pregnant (three times) so fast that he barely missed being drafted into the Vietnam War, becoming father to Michelle, John and Charlotte between 1967 and 1972. Missed. Much later, Robert was probably concerned about it. Charles was born in 1983, during the ongoing conflict in Grenada,” the obituary read.
“This lack of military service was probably for the best, because while shooting as a hobby in his later years, he managed to put not one, but two holes in the dash of his car on two separate occasions , which unfortunately caused his beloved wife, Diane, who was accustomed to such incidents in his presence and indeed would have been safer in the jungles of Vietnam the entire time, not to mention shocked, let alone surprised,” it continued.
Mr. Charles also recalled that his father, who worked as a “semi-professional truck driver”, was fond of collecting antique weapons, as well as harmonicas. The latter “inspired her beloved dogs to howl incessantly at odd hours of the night to entertain her many neighbors, and sometimes her many, many, many grandchildren and great-grandchildren at their parents’ house.” Made for loud play during long road trips.” The son wailed.
Mr Charles also revealed that his mother and Robert’s wife, Dianne, had died in February. This loss, his son wrote, was jokingly presented as if “God had finally taken pity on him” so that he could “get out of there for some well-earned peace and quiet.”
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“Without Diane gleefully entertaining, Robert turned his creative focus to entertaining you, the good townspeople of Clarendon, Texas. Over the past eight months, if you haven’t yet met Robert or seen his road show, So you’ll probably soon see We’ve all done our best to enjoy/put up with Robert’s antics up to this point, but now he’s God’s problem,” the obituary concluded.
This humorous tribute has gone viral on social media. Responding to this, a user wrote, “Best obituary I have ever read! Thank you sir for your *almost* service!” “His legacy is his children who understood him enough to write the best obituary ever!” Another expressed.
A third user commented, “I really wish more obituaries were written like this, telling the story of someone’s life and making it truly a reflection of them.” One user said, “I can only hope that my other half gets better. I felt like I missed out on knowing him, and yet knowing him personally was so amazingly written. What an honor. My condolences to the family.” ,
