A scathing obituary a few malignant Maine mom went viral Saturday, for each its brutal honesty and savage supply.
Florence “Flo” Harrelson, 65, died again in February, however her obituary wasn’t printed by the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel till Thursday.
That’s as a result of Harrelson’s daughter, Christina Novak, who wrote the abrasive obituary, stated she solely discovered her mother was lifeless this month.
Novak famous within the obit that her mom, a former U.S. Marine who served as a Maine jail guard, died “on Feb. 22, 2024, with out household by her facet because of burnt bridges and a wake of destruction left in her path.”
Harrelson had most cancers, however died from coronary heart failure, her daughter stated.
Novak stated she final spoke to her mom 10 years in the past.
“Florence didn’t need an obituary or anybody together with household to know she died,” reads the obituary.
“That’s as a result of even in loss of life, she needed these she terrorized to nonetheless be residing in worry trying over their shoulders. So, this isn’t a lot an obituary however extra of a public service announcement.”
She additionally shared the obit to Fb, and punctuated it with a line from “The Wizard of Oz”: “Ding dong, the witch is lifeless.”
Novak advised the Bangor Day by day Information she was “laughing to myself” whereas composing the obit.
She stated she got down to write a standard obituary, however saved drifting into sarcasm.
Novak even thought of itemizing the methods wherein her mom wronged her kin.
Novak advised the positioning she paid simply over $86 for the picture-less obituary.
The following leisure, although, she stated, was “priceless.”
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