

Neglect: One of the final paragraph of the obituary reads, 'On behalf of her children whom she so abrasively exposed to her evil and violent life' ‘On behalf of her children whom she so abrasively exposed to her evil and violent 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. 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. It goes on: ‘When they became adults she stalked and tortured anyone they dared to love. While she neglected and abused her small children, she refused to allow anyone else to care or show compassion towards them’. The obituary begins by saying she ‘spent her lifetime torturing in every way possible. Johnson-Reddick died on August 30 at a hospice near her home in Reno at the age of 78. ‘We wanted people doing this to their kids to ask themselves: "Do you want this to be your legacy? Do you want this to be your obituary?"’ Many readers were shocked that any child could be so cruel about their own mother.īeatings: Patrick told how he and his siblings, including teacher Katherine, above, who co-wrote the obituary, would suffer beatings with a steel-tipped belt on their weekend visits from foster homes The newspaper's original obituary incorrectly published the date of death as Septeminstead of August 30 - and the obituary has since been removed from its website. It quickly went viral on the internet across the globe. Patrick, who runs a green energy firm, and his sister Katherine Reddick, 57, a teacher, wrote the scathing obituary which appeared in the Reno Gazette-Journal on September 10. He and his other brothers and sisters are now planning a celebration at the end of the month where they will toast the passing of the woman they accused of being a monster. Patrick told MailOnline that only when he was sure she was not long for this world was he able to sleep well because his terror had finally ended. Life of torture: The children of Marianne Theresa-Johnson Reddick, said they were grateful she was dead in the obituary, which incorrectly printed her date of death as Septemrather than August 30, 2013
