“I didn’t even graduate. In fact, I never did even learn what the letters ‘PhD’ even stood for. For all the electronic engineers I have worked with, I’m sorry, but you have to admit my designs always worked very well.”
Mr Patterson went on to confess: “As it turns out, I AM the guy who stole the safe from the Motor View Drive Inn back in June, 1971. I could have left that unsaid, but I wanted to get it off my chest,” He also admitted to kicking rocks into the Old Faithful geyser at Yellowstone National Park, and to being “banned for life” from Disneyland and Sea World in San Diego following youthful high jinks.
After Mr Patterson died of throat cancer on July 10 his obituary was posted on the website of Starks Funeral Home in Utah and those who read it disseminated it across the world on the internet.
One comment on the funeral website read: “This is the best obituary I’ve ever read.”
Mr Patterson’s wife of 33 years, Mary Jane, confirmed that the events he confessed to were true.
She added: “He wanted to set a new standard on how obituaries should be written.”
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