A 35-year-old dad wrote his own obituary and it'll make you laugh and cry

‘Before purmort died, we had time to sit down and write his obituary. I’ve never laughed and cried more in one sitting, but I’m so glad we got to do this. I love this man so damn much.’

Wife Nora’s touching tribute appears on her blog ‘My Husband’s Tumor’ underneath husband Aaron Joseph Purmort’s self-penned obituary, which was published in the Star Tribune this weekend.

Aaron died last month at the age of 35, after battling a brain tumour for three years. He leaves behind Nora and his son Ralph.

With Nora’s help, he wrote this obituary which is both brilliantly funny and heart-breaking.

Because Spider-Man, always having the right cardigan, and first wife Gwen Stefani.

Aaron wrote:

‘Purmort, Aaron Joseph age 35, died peacefully at home on November 25 after complications from a radioactive spider bite that led to years of crime-fighting and a year’s long battle with a nefarious criminal named Cancer, who has plagued our society for far too long.

Civilians will recognize him best as Spider-Man, and thank him for his many years of service protecting our city. His family knew him only as a kind and mild-mannered Art Director, a designer of websites and t-shirts, and concert posters who always had the right cardigan and the right thing to say (even if it was wildly inappropriate).

Aaron was known for his long, entertaining stories, which he loved to repeat often. In high school, he was in the band The Asparagus Children, which reached critical acclaim in the northern suburbs.

As an adult, he graduated from the College of Visual Arts (which also died an untimely death recently) and worked in several agencies around Minneapolis, settling in as an Interactive Associate Creative Director at Colle + McVoy.

Aaron was a comic book aficionado, a pop-culture encyclopedia and always the most fun person at any party.

He is survived by his parents Bill and Kim Kuhlmeyer, father Mark Purmort (Patricia, Autumn, Aly), sisters Erika and Nicole, first wife Gwen Stefani, current wife Nora and their son Ralph, who will grow up to avenge his father’s untimely death.’

If you want to help towards the costs of Aaron’s hospice care and support Nora and Ralph through the next couple of months, you can donate at their YouCaring.com fundraising page.