There are some words you don’t expect to hear together. For example, “well-behaved toddler,” “comfortable bra,” or “funny obituary.” However, there is a recent obituary that has gone viral, and yes, it’s pretty darn funny. In fact, everyone who reads it ends up wishing they knew the woman who passed. In truth, she does sound like an absolute gem. We’ll let you read it and find out for yourself.
Funny Obituary Takes Over the Internet
Andy Corren used several descriptive words to salute his late mother, Renay Mandel Corren. When they were all lined up and put together, it ended up being quite a funny obituary. So, who was Renay? According to Andy, she was a powerhouse of a woman with a bit of a wild side.
The funny obituary starts out in the most loving way possible, with Andy saying this about his mother:
El Paso, TX—A plus-sized Jewish lady redneck died in El Paso on Saturday. The bawdy, fertile, redheaded matriarch of a sprawling Jewish-Mexican-Redneck American family has kicked it.
Renay apparently lived a very adventurous life. Her travels led her to all sorts of exciting avenues. Including bankruptcy and football.
There will be much mourning in the many glamorous locales she went bankrupt in: McKeesport, PA, Renay’s birthplace and where she first fell in love with ham, and atheism; Fayetteville and Kill Devil Hills, NC, where Renay’s dreams, credit rating and marriage are all buried; and of course Miami, FL, where Renay’s parents, uncles, aunts, and eternal hopes of all Miami Dolphins fans everywhere, are all buried pretty deep.
Renay Definitely Lived a Full Life
It sounds like Renay was someone you’d love to have a drink with or at least hang around for a while. With stories like this, surely she must’ve been an amazing woman.
A more disrespectful, trash-reading, talking and watching woman in NC, FL or TX was not to be found. Hers was an itinerant, much-lived life, a Yankee Florida liberal Jewish Tough Gal who bowled ’em in Japan, rolled ’em in North Carolina and was a singularly unique parent.
Like most of us, Renay had a tendency to exaggerate some of her accomplishments. Sure, she may have embellished on a few ‘facts’ but that was part of her charm. According to her son Andy, some things she may or may not have done include:
- At one point in the 1980’s, Renay was the 11th or 12th-ranked woman in cribbage in America.
- She also told us she came up with the name for Sunoco.
- She dated Larry King for a while.
While any of those things may or may not be true, they certainly make for a good story, And Renay was all about a good story. So, it makes sense her son would write a funny obituary as her final hurrah.
Renay battled cancer, pneumonia, covid, and a lifetime of other ailments, but she fought them all off one by one. She passed away at the age of 84, but the things she lived through are incredible.
Covid couldn’t kill Renay. Neither could pneumonia twice, infections, blood clots, bad feet, breast cancer twice, two mastectomies, two recessions, multiple bankruptcies, marriage to a philandering Sergeant Major, divorce in the 70’s, six kids, one cesarean, a few abortions from the Quietly Famous Abortionist of Spring Lake, NC or an affair with Larry King in the 60’s.
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Final Goodbyes
Renay was good at a few things, according to her son. And she loved having a good time. Not one for religion or stuffy conservatism, Renay would be proud of the funny obituary her son wrote.
Here’s what Renay was great at: dyeing her red roots, weekly manicures, dirty jokes, pier fishing, rolling joints and buying dirty magazines. She said she read them for the articles, but filthy free speech was really Renay’s thing.
Ending the obituary in the style Renay would have loved, Andy asked one thing of the attendees. All they have to do is laugh. Because that’s what Renay would have wanted.
Please think of the brightly-frocked, frivolous, funny and smart Jewish redhead who is about to grift you, tell you a filthy joke, and for Larry King’s sake: LAUGH.
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Sources
- “Renay Mandel Corren Obituary.” Fayetteville Observer.
- “People can’t get enough of this funny obituary a son wrote for his mom.” Today. Ree Hines December 16, 2021.