The person’s obit, urging readers to “place an irresponsibly giant wager on Nebraska beating Iowa,” caught hearth on social media.
LINCOLN, Neb — Milton Andrew Munson’s obituary recalled his life as an Air Drive veteran, a pharmacist, husband and father, and as a Nebraska soccer fan. That was evident in a single line within the obit: “In lieu of flowers, please place an irresponsibly giant wager on Nebraska beating Iowa.”
Munson, 73, died Nov. 16. The obit, written by Munson’s sons, ran Thursday within the Hastings Tribune, the Lincoln Journal Star reported. It caught hearth on social media and captured the eye of two radio hosts, Josh Peterson, co-host of a day sports activities speak present on KOZN-AM in Omaha and Jack Mitchell of KLIN-AM in Lincoln.
They determined to throw in some cash and make a wager for the Huskers to tug an upset in Friday night time’s recreation in Lincoln, however as soon as phrase bought out, listeners and others pitched in and the whole grew to just about $5,000.
“I discussed it (Monday) on the air,” Peterson mentioned. “We talked about it for 4 or 5 minutes and mentioned ‘Right here’s my Venmo if you wish to donate.’ It’s blown up.”
Munson’s son, Todd, was on Peterson’s present Tuesday and mentioned the household will give a number of the cash to Massive Brothers/Massive Sisters, and can use some to wager on the Cornhuskers to beat the Hawkeyes, who’re favored by a point-and-a-half.
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Todd Munson, a author who lives in Los Angeles, mentioned he and his brother had an advanced relationship with their father, who battled bipolar dysfunction and dependancy. However after they had a dialog, it virtually all the time concerned the Huskers.
Milton Munson’s love for the Huskers, and playing, needed to be a part of his story, mentioned Todd’s brother, Troy, a neurosurgeon in Des Moines, Iowa.
Nebraska quarterback Adrian Martinez is out for Friday’s recreation, however Todd Munson wrote on Twitter that the Huskers can be getting some assist from different locations.
“If the ghost of my previous man can’t will the Huskers to victory on Friday, then they really are a misplaced trigger.”
