Boing Boing is linking this afternoon to a Chicago Tribune obituary for one Theodore Roosevelt Heller, an 88-year-old man who must’ve been quite a character. In addition to noting that he “forced his way back into the Illinois National Guard [after being discharged from the Army], insisting no one tells him when to serve his country,” the obit also contains this line:

In lieu of flowers, please send acerbic letters to Republicans.

You just know this guy’s going to have an interesting eulogy…