Really tremendous obituary

[NWBuck 8552]

From El Paso. 

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A plus-sized Jewish lady redneck died in El Paso on Saturday. Of itself hardly news, or good news if you're the type that subscribes to the notion that anybody not named you dying in El Paso, Texas is good news. In which case have I got news for you: the bawdy, fertile, redheaded matriarch of a sprawling Jewish-Mexican-Redneck American family has kicked it. This was not good news to Renay Mandel Corren's many surviving children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, many of whom she even knew and, in her own way, loved.

It continues and is incredible throughout 

[OneOfTheOutOfFocusGuys 2072]

That was pretty funny 

 

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Renay was preceded in death by Don Shula. 

Lol

[mchookem 16327]

2 hours ago, NWBuck said:

From El Paso. 

It continues and is incredible throughout 

that was a joy to read 😄

[UpperWestside 6162]

That was just amazing to read. What a way to be remembered!

[Prepuce of Doom 21064]

That was a riot!

Edited December 16, 2021 by Prepuce of Doom

[Longhornstampede 3182]

I propose we should have a Surly contingent attend! I would travel!

[DigglerontheHoof 21185]

Gracias, that was awesome. 

[bmbmd 1027]

Pour one out for this grand old dame. 

Renay Mandel Corren Obituary - Fayetteville Observer (fayobserver.com)

Edited December 16, 2021 by bmbmd

[Droopy 2626]

Greatness. 

[Guest Lobo]

About halfway thru, I thought to myself, "This reads like a David Sedaris short story."  Then I get to the end, it's written by her gay, somewhat-estranged, middle-aged son from North Carolina (exactly Sedaris' bio).  Proving once again, we are living in a simulation, Rosie got out of it, and she is laughing at the rest of us.  What a ride and a beautiful summation of it.  I love that claims to have invented "Sunoco Gas"  Thanks for posting.   

I wish I could be there when one of the Larry King children reads it and thinks, "Brother?"  

Edited December 16, 2021 by Lobo

[nnm 36360]

Very well done. Having written an obit recently, I envy this writer. 

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"For those interested in a “very disrespectful and totally non-denominational memorial,” Corren and his siblings are planning a party at B&B Lanes in Fayetteville on May 10, 2022. “Bowling parties were a feature of our life growing up,” he said. “My mom worked at the bowling alley and that is exactly how we’re going to send her off on her birthday.” 

Surly road trip to NC?

[Rimbo 25919]

That was fantastic.

[CooterBrown 18006]

Did what she wanted, how she wanted. We should all aspire to live life as surly as she did.

Godspeed you glorious heathen.

[luke duke 6412]

['stache 21802]

Got seriously dusty there at the end. What a life and family.

I'm legitimately jealous that I'm wholly unable to accomplish "a bawdy, rowdy life lived large, broke and loud."

Edited December 17, 2021 by 'stache

[Mach 1 1677]

Awesome.

As a former resident of El Paso, it had me hooked at line 2.

RIP

[MC Fresh Breath 4074]

Great stuff.  By the end I was moved.  As a complete internet stranger I felt I knew her.  

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

I just might be able to fapp to that.... her...the whole thing.

[mulletpelini 5210]

Devoted sister, beloved cunt.

[Guest Lobo]

The author/son was on CNN yesterday and has been making the media rounds.  It's nice when shit goes "viral" and the originator had absolutely zero intention of it.  He is just a son with a very complicated relationship with his deceased mother, oftentimes no relationship.  The obituary was his way of pouring out how he felt, but also celebrating her quirks and lifestyle.  In the end, it brought him peace and solemnity; and more than once that week---he cried himself to sleep laughing and weeping.  Maybe he knew her too well, maybe he yearned to know her more, maybe he never knew her at all.  Could be a screenplay in there somewhere.

I promise there will be a line of 500 cars full of strangers outside that bowling alley in Fayetteville. It will look like the fadeout scene in "Field of Dreams."  For it's bowling balls they have, and peace they lack.  

Edited December 23, 2021 by Lobo

[The Dark Knight 173]

Thanks for sharing. That was magnificent.

[Johnny Sack 8397]

So bad relationships with kids and grandkids, poor finances, bankruptcies, a mooch, string of failed marriages, a foul mouth, and a bunch of abortions?  Seems like a pretty sad life to me.  But to each their own.  

[Guest Lobo]

Throw in a string of failed businesses and legal actions, and you got yourself an ideal candidate Brotha Sack. 
 

I mean sorry, you literally typed out the exact same list as the other person.  

Edited December 26, 2021 by Lobo