Funny, Self-Penned Obit Goes Viral

An amusing self-penned obituary in the Salt Lake Tribune is getting national attention through social media, blog writers and columns. Guests from across the country left messages in his electronic guest book . In the obit, Val Patterson, 59, (shown in Stark Funeral Parlor photo) makes his final confessions public – and writes that he regrets smoking. He died July 10 of throat cancer. … He wrote: “Now that I have gone to my reward, I have confessions and things I should now say.” Among them:

• “I really am NOT a PhD. What happened was that the day I went to pay off my college student loan at the U of U, the girl working there put my receipt into the wrong stack, and two weeks later, a PhD diploma came in the mail. I didn’t even graduate, I only had about 3 years of college credit. In fact, I never did even learn what the letters “PhD” even stood for.”
• And, this one: “Now to that really mean Park Ranger; after all, it was me that rolled those rocks into your geyser and ruined it. I did notice a few years later that you did get Old Faithful working again.”

Question: Is there anything you want to confess in a self-penned obituary?