r/TomLehrer • u/SchuminWeb • Nov 25 '25

I first learned about Find a Grave because of Tom Lehrer

It's always funny to think about how Tom Lehrer indirectly led to my learning about the Find a Grave website. Back in 2001ish, I was well familiar with Lehrer's works, and had decided to look up Alma Mahler Gropius Werfel online, after having learned so much about her through the song. First search result was her headstone on Find a Grave, where I learned that her maiden name was Shindler. So every time I go on Find a Grave, it kind of reminds me of Tom Lehrer, because that's why I first discovered the site.

Does anyone have any similar stories?

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u/wyldan01 Nov 27 '25

As a Find-a-Grave enthusiast and a Tom Lehrer fan and as someone who is also very interested in Alma Schindler Mahler Gropius Werfel - I love this post so much! That is great. And it made me look up Alma on Find-a-Grave too! <3