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.
Yes I have, it took a while! We just can’t decide on what schedule that someone forgives, and it’s really soon for them.
Yup.
Thanks. You have far more insight into this matter than I will ever have. And I respect your comments.
God Bless....
Heck, I thought we were talking about somebodies Mom. Stalin and Hitler, knock yourself out.
My ex-wife of 20 years ago just died. At the funeral, husband acknowledged that she could be “difficult”. Seems that several wanted me to share “war stories”. I chose not to participate. It just didn’t seem right bringing up the past. She had a lot of good qualities also and I prefer to remember that.
Anyway, it was just my opinion. But I think in most cases, other than genocidal manics, that it is pretty good advice...
A friend of mine who is a social worker said of foster parents: “Ten percent of them are saints and ninety percent are in it for the money.”
By the sound of it, Just because she is dead don’t mean she cant haunt people.
SOunds like a real Harpy
Any insight I have I unfortunately got the hard way.
If we’re not supposed to speak ill of the dead then we’re not supposed to speak ill of the dead.
That was your ex-wife from 20 years in the past, you broke up, you moved on. Mom’s screw people up on a much more permanent basis. 2 of her 8 kids are dead. Wonder how many of the survivors have drug or alcohol problems. Every day they have to deal with the fact that their mom was a nut who abused them. When was the last time you had to deal with the fact that your ex was “difficult”? It’s all about the wounds, if you recover before they die sure leave the past in the past. If there’s half a dozen of you still struggling with the effects, it’s not really the past.
To be quite honest with you the only thing in life that makes any sense to me is killing as many vermin like your parents as we possibly can. They are the majority of the human species. What is the point of doing anything else? Nothing is possible as long as these vermin infect generation after generation. The only way to get rid of troublesome weeds is to pull them from the roots.
The maddening thing is my parents were remorseful after the abuse, which was worse, Sis and I grew up totally confused. I have confronted my Mom who now has amnesia about it, like most abusive parents in the 1970’s and early 1980’s. She falls back on that her parents did it also and that it was not that bad. I guess getting closed fist punched at the dinner table for teasing my Sister was right out of Dr. Spock Mom....
Damn.
Not to make light of it. But..
Sounds like Dr. Evils therapy session in the Austin Powers movie. It’s a hoot. You ought to look it up.
Sorry
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