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11. Yikes!

Fri Apr 26, 2013, 06:05 PM

Apr 2013

That must have been awful, especially since your grief was very new at that point.

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They finally put in my father's tombstone...they spelled his name wrong.... [View all] joeybee12 Apr 2013 OP

Oh, man. Wait Wut Apr 2013 #1

They got his name wrong...Ben...called him Bud... joeybee12 Apr 2013 #3

measure twice cut once??? proofreading is a dying art dembotoz Apr 2013 #2

Yeah, and it was such a simple mistake, too...nt joeybee12 Apr 2013 #12

If your dad would have laughed then so should you. enlightenment Apr 2013 #4

I think he would have... joeybee12 Apr 2013 #16

My dad would have reacted the same way. enlightenment Apr 2013 #21

I'm sorry Joeybee vankuria Apr 2013 #5

See, my last name is awful, too, but they got that right...it joeybee12 Apr 2013 #13

Yikes! joeybee12 Apr 2013 #15

Sue they ass! alcibiades_mystery Apr 2013 #9

Thanks... joeybee12 Apr 2013 #14

When my mom passed Tippy Apr 2013 #10

Yikes! joeybee12 Apr 2013 #11

Wrose part was the Funeral home wanted money to fix their mess Tippy Apr 2013 #23

That doesn't surprise me... joeybee12 Apr 2013 #26

I'm very sorry to hear that NoPasaran Apr 2013 #17

Sometimes Holy Joe comes through...glad he did for you...nt joeybee12 Apr 2013 #29

A little sense of humor nadinbrzezinski Apr 2013 #18

Why does this remind me of Curb Your Enthusiasm? Initech Apr 2013 #19

I'm glad pipi_k Apr 2013 #22

They're gonna get my dad's name wrong, too. Iggo Apr 2013 #24

Thing is the got last name wrong, and that was the hard part... joeybee12 Apr 2013 #25

Ha! Iggo Apr 2013 #28

Pretty rotten. When our family submitted my Dad's obit... Eleanors38 Apr 2013 #27

It's hard to say sorry for stupidity DainBramaged Apr 2013 #31