Posted on 06/17/2022 2:24:16 AM PDT by Morgana
An Iowa family has caused a serious controversy after hiding a rude phrase on their late father's gravestone - sparking outrage among cemetery staff who insist the cheeky message is offensive and has no place 'where loved ones are laid to rest'.
After Steven Owens passed away on September 2, 2021, at the age of 59, his family banded together to come up with an idea to forever immortalize his wicked sense of humor and straight-talking personality.
So, they came up with a way of hiding Owens' favorite 'term of endearment' on his gravestone - creating a sweet tribute to the late father-of-two, which also featured the phrase, 'F**k off'.
At first glance, the gravestone at Warren-Powers Cemetery in Polk County reads much like many of the other sentimental tributes inscribed on the monuments around it: 'Forever in our hearts; Until we meet again; Cherished memories; Known as; Our son, brother; Father, papa, uncle; Friend & cousin.'
However, upon closer inspection, the first letter of each line on the headstone spells out Owens' beloved insult - which his daughter Lindsay insists he only ever used as a 'term of endearment'.
'It was definitely his term of endearment. If he didn’t like you, he didn’t speak to you. It’s just who he was,' she told local news outlet WIBW, with her brother Zach weighing in: 'He was easily riled up
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Stupid.
Back a few decades, Europeans made fun of Americans for being prudish and puritanical. Nowadays, I’m afraid we’re just as crass and as sacrilegious as anybody.
Sounds like he didn’t like anyone to me.
Yea he sounds like the town bully and now will be remember forever on his tombstone for just that.
Was thr father 13 years old?
From the sound of this story, all his life.
If he this way while living, why would he change because he’s dead?
He can keep his gravestone.
I used to know a Scottish guy who would say f**k with about ten different inflections. Combined with facial expressions, he would tell a whole story with one word. With his thick accent, it was quite amusing.
I’d allow it.
Sounds stupid to me. But the room temperature IQ folks tend to think it’s incredibly clever.
It’s like watching an episode of the Smurfs. One word can mean anything.
It’s a stone. Stop reading if it offends you. The message is sweet, we only see what we want. I am more offended by those on here wanting to sensor them.
Oops ... censor.
it absolutely NONE of anyone else’s GD business what is on someone’s tombstone... just reading down the replies on this thread so far i’m disgusted. what a punch of pansies. “Oh!!! OH!!! They said a bad word!!!” ...smMFh...
He must of been a sailor.
Why would this be anyones business other than the deceased and family?
Bunch of KARENS.
So, what’s the solution, exhume the body, open the casket, tell him how much he embarrassed the family, then put him back in the ground? It’s his stone and his message. Get a grip Karens.
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