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Miracle Whip, Hamburger Helper and the zombie apocalypse: Daughter's obituary for her father goes viral

Many of the thousands of people reading and sharing Terry Ward's obituary on social media never met the man.

But wish they had.

From the very first line, which mentions Miracle Whip, Hamburger Helper and the zombie apocalypse, the death notice recently posted to the Geisen Funeral Home website paints a hilarious portrait of "an everyday guy" who loved humor as much as life itself. And that, says his daughter, Jean Lahm, was the intent.

Lahm, 43, began writing the obit after her father died last week from a

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