Woman's perfect obituary for 'lighthearted' father
The short and sweet obituary for North Dakota man Douglas Legler. (Twitter, @inforum) Twitter
A US woman has fulfilled her father's last wishes with the perfect obituary - but it raised a few eyebrows when it appeared in the local newspaper.
North Dakota's Douglas Legler died on June 27 aged 85 and his daughter's two-word obituary in The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead simply read "Doug died".
Janet Stoll said her father had always wanted that for his obituary.
"(Other people's obituaries) would say 'he was the president of this, a director of this' and Dad would say, 'What, couldn't they hold down a job?'" she said.
"He was very lighthearted and had a great sense of humor."
Mr Legler worked in a number of careers in his life, including as a driver for food distribution company Nash Finch, vending machine repair and painting farm equipment.
Ms Stoll said her father would enjoy the reaction to his obituary.
"I'm sure he's laughing up there now," she said.
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