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“My grandfather, who we called Opa, was a carpenter all his life. He built half the houses in my hometown and loved to give them away for FREE to young couples just starting out in life. When my grandmother passed away, Opa began building his own coffin, and it was beautiful. He asked my mother to put a pretty red satin covering on it, and when it was finished, he put it up at his 90th birthday party and asked us all to pose with him in it.”
“We always knew he had served in World War II, but like many men, he never talked about it. We learned after his death that he had enlisted while circumcision was still required, and that he had volunteered for the procedure so he could go to fight. Once he enlisted, they used his carpentry skills to build bridges, but most of the time he spent his time making coffins to send the boys home.”
—Adelaide129
Here are some photos of Opa đŸ¥¹ (and his coffin), provided by the original poster.
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