PA Native Given Humorous Send-Off In Family-Penned Obituary
PITTSBURGH, PA — Renay Mandel Corren died recently in El Paso, TX. But it was in her birthplace of McKeesport just outside of Pittsburgh where the Jewish woman "first fell in love with ham and atheism," according to a hilarious obituary penned by family members.
Additionally, "At one point in the 1980's, Renay was the 11th or 12th-ranked woman in cribbage in America, and while that could be a lie, it sounds great in print. She also told us she came up with the name for Sunoco...Yes, Renay lied a lot. But on the plus side, Renay didn't cook, she didn't clean and she was lousy with money, too."
The full obituary, published in the Fayetteville, (NC) Observer, is making the rounds online.
Corren, who was 84, "had been toying with death for decades, but (was) always beating it and running off in her silver Chevy Nova," the obituary stated.
"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 or an affair with Larry King in the '60's."
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This article originally appeared on the Pittsburgh Patch
