A ginger cat perched on a gravestone at St Andrews Church in the Suffolk village of Marlesford. (Roz Gordon/Getty)

Helpful man gives directions to burial plot in his obituary

5/11/2012

According to his widow, Karl Albrecht was a joker all his life, so it's no surprise that the German man managed one last gag before he passed away last month. Albrecht's self-penned obituary, published in the local newspaper, gave friends directions to his new abode in a Hamburg cemetery. "I have moved house," announced the former insurance salesman, before giving the location of his burial plot and adding, "I'll be pleased to have a lively attendance." Albrecht's widow, Anastasia, said, "At the grave there'll be schnapps for all the guests. Nobody should turn up in black. My Karl could never stand gloominess."

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