Have you ever seen funny tombstones while visiting a cemetery? I’m not talking about the kind that has a witty quote on it. I’m talking about the kind where the person’s life is summed up in one sentence. While cemeteries are a place to grieve, there are some people that wanted to leave some funny last words for their visitors. So if you’re looking for a laugh, check out these 31 funny tombstones and pay your respects with a smile and some love.
1) Let the funny tombstones begin! Thanks for the childhood memories, Mel Blanc.
“That’s all folks.” – Mel Blanc, a man of 1000 voices. Beloved husband and father (1908 – 1989)
2) Leaving without my consent…
“I came here without being consulted and I leave without my consent.” – Gravestone in St. Elmo Cemetary in Chattanooga, TN
3) Who turned out the lights!
“Damn it’s dark down here.”
4) For lovers of art…
“Dead.”
5) Funny tombstones: S#!t happens!
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“[censored] happens.” – Edith Tina Barlow (1941 – 1991)
6) Grandma’s recipe will live on forever on funny tombstones.
“Kay’s Fudge. 2 sq. chocolate. 2 tbs. butter. Melt on low heat. Stir in 1 cup of milk. Bring to a boil. 3 cups sugar. 1 tbs. vanilla. Pinch salt. Cook to softball stage. Pour on a marble slab. Cool and beat and eat. Wherever she goes, there’s laughter.”
7) God bless you!
“Ha Chiu. Bless you.”
8) Not a bad way to go.
“Here rests Pancrazio Juvenales (1968 – 1993). He was a good husband, a wonderful father, but a bad electrician.”
9) Don’t say I didn’t tell you!
“I told you I was sick.”
10) Don’t stand so close when visiting funny tombstones!
“If you can read this. You are standing on my boobs.” – Janet M. (Jan. 17, 1940 – Oct. 15, 2013)
11) That’s Boss Hogg to you.
Ima Hogg (July 10, 1882 – Aug. 19, 1975)
12) How do you feel?
“In loving remembrance.” – Stiff
13) Funny tombstones with low expectations…
“Heterosexual and had low expectations” – Jace Herondale (He wouldn’t let us put his real age here)
14) Let me sleep in peace!
“Go away – I’m asleep.” – Joan Hackett (1934 – 1983)
15) One word: Kaput.
“Kaput.”
16) When good deals go bad.
“I made some good deals and I made some bad ones. I really went in the hole with this one.”
17) A message for all the bullies out there.
“May eternal damnation be upon those in Whaling Port who, without knowing me, have maliciously vilified me. May the curse of God be upon them and theirs.”
18) Thanks for the memories and funny tombstones, Merv Griffin.
“I will not be right back after this message.” – Merv Griffin (July 6, 1925 – August 12, 2007)
19) This guy was tough as nails.
“Near this spot, Samuel Whittemore, then 80 years old, killed three British soldiers on April 19, 1775. He was shot, bayoneted, beaten, and left for dead but recovered and live to be 98 years of age.”
20) Regarding the military and discrimination, there is still a lot of work to be done…
“When I was in the military they gave me a medal for killing two men and a discharge for loving one.” – A gay Vietnam veteran (6 July 1943 – 22 June 1988)
21) I’m as surprised as he/she is.
“Oh No!”
22) It’s their little secret now.
“Now I know something you don’t.”
23) Funny tombstones? Whatever.
“Oh well, whatever.” – Lola S Holt (Feb. 15, 1923 – Jul. 4, 2004)
24) Do not enter.
“One way. Do not enter.”
25) Again, not a bad way to go.
“Overdosed on viagra. His wife took it very hard.”
26) Reincarnating…
“Reincarnating: I’ll be right back (So, don’t touch my stuff).”
27) Nothing wrong with being a cat lady.
“Destined to be a woman with too many cats.” – Susan Melody Blanchard (Oct. 30, 1954)
28) Always complaining about funny tombstones…
“I told you I was sick. And I was sick of hearing it.”
29) This one made me sad, so young.
“He was no trouble.” – Trouble (1956 – 1965)
30) Good ol’ Uncle Walter with his funny tombstones.
“Uncle Walter loved to spend. He had no money in the end.
But with many a whiskey and many a wife, he really did enjoy his life.” – Walter W. Stauffen (Feb. 5, 1922 – Mar. 12, 1984)
31) At least he was honest about it!
“When I die I also want a park named after me. In memory of Roger Bucklesby who hated this park, and everyone in it.”
I hope you enjoyed these funny tombstones!
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