New Zealand Woman’s Weekly

WILL DO! Penny’s manual for mortality

When Penny Tucker’s mother would return from attending a funeral, she’d often ring her daughter, quietly outraged, telling her about “some idiot who gave a 40-minute speech that went on and on and on”!

After her mum Gem died suddenly from a massive heart attack last year, Penny wasn’t surprised to discover she had written strict instructions in what she called her “death book”, warning that anyone who spoke at her funeral for more than three minutes would be disinherited.

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