Time Magazine reported in it's Oct. 7, 1929 issue that:
Dr. William Rothwell, 63, is known as a good physician, a generous host. For 30 years he has always reached for his wallet, always stood treat. Recently he ordered his tombstone. A great boulder, it now stands, ready, in a local cemetery. His inscription: "This is on me."
The large boulder with it's unusual epitaph is from Dr. Rothwell's summer home. He wanted his friends to remember him and laugh! A copy of the monument can be seen at Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum in San Francisco.
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Husband of Mary (Goffin) Rothwell
Dr. William Rothwell, 63, is known as a good physician, a generous host. For 30 years he has always reached for his wallet, always stood treat. Recently he ordered his tombstone. A great boulder, it now stands, ready, in a local cemetery. His inscription: "This is on me."
The large boulder with it's unusual epitaph is from Dr. Rothwell's summer home. He wanted his friends to remember him and laugh! A copy of the monument can be seen at Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum in San Francisco.
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Husband of Mary (Goffin) Rothwell
Time Magazine reported in it's Oct. 7, 1929 issue that:
Dr. William Rothwell, 63, is known as a good physician, a generous host. For 30 years he has always reached for his wallet, always stood treat. Recently he ordered his tombstone. A great boulder, it now stands, ready, in a local cemetery. His inscription: "This is on me."
The large boulder with it's unusual epitaph is from Dr. Rothwell's summer home. He wanted his friends to remember him and laugh! A copy of the monument can be seen at Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum in San Francisco.
*****
Husband of Mary (Goffin) Rothwell
Dr. William Rothwell, 63, is known as a good physician, a generous host. For 30 years he has always reached for his wallet, always stood treat. Recently he ordered his tombstone. A great boulder, it now stands, ready, in a local cemetery. His inscription: "This is on me."
The large boulder with it's unusual epitaph is from Dr. Rothwell's summer home. He wanted his friends to remember him and laugh! A copy of the monument can be seen at Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum in San Francisco.
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Husband of Mary (Goffin) Rothwell
Inscription
"This is on me."
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