Ouija Boards Handed Out at Funeral to Keep in Touch with Deceased. A Real Story

I have always been a person who believes in end-of-life planning. My wife thinks I go overboard. I don’t feel that having a marching band go from the church to the gravesite with my casket in front is too much to ask. I agree it is a bit untraditional. We’re still discussing it.

I can relate to not wanting to have a typical funeral. The desire to be different is something I understand. A grandmother in Texas had a very untraditional funeral request. It is one I admire. One of her dying wishes was to have Ouija boards handed out at to those who attended her funeral so she could keep in touch with them. You have to admit, it would be a funeral you’d remember.

Below are excerpts from the article and my powerful insights are in italics.

“‘It was hysterical’: A Texas grandmother dying of cancer had her family hand out handmade Ouija boards at her funeral to ‘keep in touch’

Jodie Perryman passed away on October 12 from cancer, according to NBC’s Today.

At her funeral, Perryman left her guest with a note that included a makeshift Ouija board.”

Now funeral party favors are something I consider pretty unique. I can only imagine this would lead to some rather interesting conversations at the…