QUIRKY WORLD ... Man uses own obituary to settle scores from beyond the grave by barring family from funeral

Germany: A man has taken his grudges to the grave, telling relatives in a posthumous newspaper notice that some of them aren’t welcome at his funeral.

News agency DPA reported that Hubert Martini published his own obituary in the Trierischer Volksfreund, a newspaper in western Germany.

The deceased described himself as “open, honest, and unforgiving” and says his five siblings and their families are forbidden from attending his memorial service.