"Who, me???"
Posted on 09/12/2013 10:12:02 AM PDT by Red Badger
RENO, Nev. (KRNV & MyNews4.com) – It's an obituary like you've probably never seen before. It’s about a woman who died and is survived by her children who, according to the obituary, spent her lifetime torturing them in pretty much every way possible. The obituary goes on to paint a picture of children who are grateful that their mother, Marianne Theresa-Johnson Reddick, is dead.
The Reno Gazette Journal President & Publisher John Maher tells News 4 the obituary was sent in via a self-service online submission. The obituary appeared in the print edition of the newspaper today, September 10th. The on-line version of the obituary has been removed as the newspaper is investigating the circumstances surrounding the placement of the obituary.
The obituary says Johnson-Reddick died September 30th. News 4 has confirmed a woman with that name died on August 30th.
UNEDITED VERSION OF THE SUBMITTED OBITUARY: January 4, 1935 Sept. 30, 2013
Marianne Theresa John¬son- Reddick born Jan 4, 1935 and died alone on Sept. 30, 2013. She is sur¬vived by her 6 of 8 children whom she spent her lifetime torturing in every way pos¬sible. While she neglected and abused her small chil¬dren, she refused to allow anyone else to care or show compassion towards them. When they became adults she stalked and tortured anyone they dared to love. Everyone she met, adult or child was tortured by her cruelty and exposure to violence, criminal activity, vulgarity, and hatred of the gentle or kind human spirit.
On behalf of her children whom she so abrasively ex¬posed to her evil and vio¬lent life, we celebrate her passing from this earth and hope she lives in the after¬life reliving each gesture of violence, cruelty, and shame that she delivered on her children. Her surviv¬ing children will now live the rest of their lives with the peace of knowing their nightmare finally has some form of closure.
Most of us have found peace in helping those who have been exposed to child abuse and hope this message of her final passing can re¬vive our message that abus¬ing children is unforgive¬able, shameless, and should not be tolerated in a “hu¬mane society”. Our greatest wish now, is to stimulate a national movement that mandates a purposeful and dedicated war against child abuse in the United States of America.
She was probably a “Lifelong Democrat.” They are experienced in making other people’s lives miserable.
I’m the one who posted this in the regular forum as “news, current events”. I don’t know why it was pulled, because I saw a parallel with the funeral I attended yesterday. In the case yesterday, the love shared by the deceased and the surviving husband was lauded. If anyone had been telling the truth, they would have told about the years of anguish and tears suffered by the deceased at the philandering and cruelty of her husband who sat there (surrounded by females) and bawling like a baby.
I just about lost it when they played a recording of Frank Sinatra croaking (singing) “The best is yet to come” as part of the service, and I thought about my friend who spent her life caring for others, even when they didn’t deserve it, and suffering insults for her efforts. And there sat her husband, sopping up all the attention from every woman in the room.
Oh man, I’m so sorry to hear that.
It speaks more about them than it does their abusive mother. This reminds me of those dysfunctional idiots on daytime talk TV who seemingly boast about their relational problems.
While it may have been good therapy to write such an obit, they should have left it with there psychiatrist
Posting to “General Chat” is usually pretty safe.............
I’m so sorry this happened and that you had to witness it. On a MUCH lesser scale, when my mean, mentally unstable husband killed himself, his family flew in from CA (to GA) and told how much they loved him and how special he was. When they’d ignored him all 23 years of our marriage and before. It hurt him so much, but he died alone. Yeah, they loved him, surrrrre they did. So many of my friends came to the service, and our kids friends. He really had no friends. I was so glad though that people came and he wasn’t alone at the very end, even though he was already gone. I too pretended, for the service. What else was there to do. He must’ve hurt so much, before he shot himself.
Apparently she wasn’t their real mother, but ran a foster home.
R2nd, I am not sure you fully appreciate the hell these children must’ve gone through. This might have been very healing, if their pain was ignored, even condoned, all those years.
Where did that information come from?
On a side note, a local couple, several years back were ‘foster parents’ to some children, four IIRC, that were apparently just in it for the money they would get from the state. They would go for dinner at a local restaurant and order big meals for themselves, but just order grits for the children. The restaurant finally refused to serve them and called the authorities. The children were undernourished and not taken care of and were removed from the home. I don’t know what ever happened to the couple.........
Read link at 13. This family was part of some heavy legislation from the 70’s.
Why should someone’s evil deeds remain private just because they were done to family? If her abuse victims were neighbors nobody would tell them to keep it to themselves.
Perhaps, but forgiveness is the answer.
While I see some positive steps (in the obit) the children are taking - they will never begin to recover without forgiving their mother.
I saw your earlier post regarding your husband of 23 years? Do you mind if I ask you a personal question? You don’t have to answer.
Did you forgive him?
“Why should someone’s evil deeds remain private just because they were done to family? If her abuse victims were neighbors nobody would tell them to keep it to themselves.”
I had always heard, and was taught, not to speak ill of the dead. Doesn’t really accomplish a lot and the true Judge has the say then.
May God bless you and your sister.
I don’t blame the family for the obit. May it be the beginning of peace for them.
So Stalin and Hitler are off limits? Venting anger can be very useful, better than keeping stuff pent up. If you’re really honestly grateful somebody is dead, and the really honestly is a better place without them, be honest, it is the best policy.
"Who, me???"
No, ME!...............
or ME!............
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