Army veteran’s Spongebob headstone removed

An Iraq war veteran’s SpongeBob SquarePants headstone has been removed from her resting place because Cincinnati cemetery officials deemed it inappropriate for their traditional grounds.

Army veteran’s Spongebob headstone removed

The headstone of Kimberly Walker, 28, was made in the likeness of her favourite cartoon character and erected at Spring Grove Cemetery on Oct 10, almost eight months after she was found dead in a Colorado hotel room.

Despite getting the cemetery’s prior approval of the headstone’s design — a smiling SpongeBob in an army uniform, with Walker’s name and rank — her family said cemetery staff called them the day after it was installed to say it would have to come down.

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