An Ohio woman has penned a sassy obituary in honor of her late grandmother, who passed away at the age of 91 earlier this month.
When Melissa Falter’s beloved grandmother, Jean Oddi, passed away on February 20, she knew she wanted to celebrate her life.
"She's laughing," Falter, 45, told ABC News. "She's probably saying, 'See I told you I was funny and everybody loved me!' [I] think a lot of people are craving this great story and here's this woman who's 91 years old and got to travel, loved her family and friends and was comfortable in her own skin...she was very positive and I think lately this world has been very negative and divisive and maybe it's a new thing to have an uplifting mourning period to celebrate her life."
As ABC News reports, Oddi fell back in January and suffered a head injury after breaking her hip. She was declared unresponsive on Valentine’s Day.
"I will miss just being in the room with her because she changed the room whenever she was in it," said Falter of Powell, Ohio. "She had an answering machine..it's hysterical. It's kind of like, 'Hi, this is Jean, my number is...' and she starts to give her phone number and says, "Oh, you have my number, oh well, then leave message!' Just random times of day I would be in the car and I know she's not going to answer, but I'd listen to her message and I'd laugh."
Falter, her mother, and her grandmother were so close that Oddi actually served as Falter’s matron of honor at her wedding.
When Oddi finally took a turn for the worse, Falter went above and beyond to pen her grandmother's obituary in "her voice."
She took out a full page in The Columbus Dispatch, which cost $1,250.
Oddi’s perfect obituary is written in first-person to describe exactly who she was as a person.
"I was a crazy teenager, a loving wife, a hard worker, a loyal friend and a hands-on grandmother," it said, in part. "I would like to thank my darling daughter Casey, who I adore, who cared for me, shuttled me around to my doctor's appointments, managed my pills, cleaned up after me and apologized in my wake for far too many years. I wasn't always nice, but I did, and always will, love you...Don't cry because I'm gone, instead have a drink and be happy you knew me."
A representative at Brookdale Senior Living Inc., where Oddi lived, also told ABC News that Oddi was a one-of-a-kind character and will be greatly missed.
"But as advised, the people at Brookdale Trillium Crossing will not be sad about losing her (after all, someone else has to win in cards), but instead we will cheers [sic] to a wonderful life and a vivacious personality," the company said in a statement. "She left a Jean-sized hole in our hearts.”