"This here is William James Joad, dyed of a stroke, old old man. His fokes bured him becaws they got no money to pay for funerls. Nobody kilt him. Jus a stroke and he dyed."
– John Steinbeck
The Grapes of Wrath, Chapter 13. When the Joads bury Grampa Joad in the woods near the campsite, as they can’t afford a funeral, they leave this note with the body. The note is written by Tom and he reads it to Ma, who gives her approval. It makes for a rather sad epitaph, explaining the financial reason for the unusual buriel. It’s placed in a fruit jar with Grampa.