When a loved one passes, their epitaph usually includes a sentimental and sometimes humorous inscription about the deceased.

Eleanor Herman, a historian and author who lives in McLean, feels most people take death far too seriously. Where is the levity? Where is the humor? Where is the winking admission that death is the ...

Mary Beller Russell never struck her children -- it says so on her tombstone. Russell is buried in Bellefonte Cemetery in Boone County. She died on Feb. 14, 1902. Russell's epitaph has added meaning ...

Most headstone inscriptions follow a classic formula, but there are no rules dictating what should be displayed above a person’s final resting place. If you know where to look in certain cemeteries, ...

THESE are the funny gravestones which prove a sense of humour can live on forever. Compiled by Bored Panda, the 21 witty inscriptions show who really got the last laugh. A gallery of bizarre and funny ...

When on the road, John Mark Lambertson’s map is riddled with unusual pit stops; ones that evoke dread among more typical folk. “I’ve been into (cemetery) monuments since I was very, very small,” said ...

From an Atheist who says he's 'all dressed up with nowhere to go', to one John Yeast - who's apologised for 'not rising' THESE are the funny gravestones which prove a sense of humour can live on ...