{"id":8029,"date":"2025-10-29T01:22:26","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T01:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=8029"},"modified":"2025-10-29T01:22:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T01:22:26","slug":"they-tore-mom-down-when-writing-her-obituary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=8029","title":{"rendered":"They Tore Mom Down When Writing Her Obituary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The obituary for Kathleen Dehmlow, published by&nbsp;<em>The Redwood Falls Gazette<\/em>,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>initially appeared as a standard tribute but quickly took a shocking turn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her two adult children used the space to publicly air family grievances, revealing longstanding tensions and ending the obituary with a final line that stunned readers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After widespread backlash, the newspaper removed the obituary, but not before it had gone viral.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A relative, Dwight, defended Kathleen, noting she had shown remorse for a \u201csignificant mistake\u201d from decades earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He condemned the author\u2019s choice to reveal family issues in such a public forum, warning of the pain it would cause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although the newspaper faced criticism for publishing the obituary,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>it defended its decision, stating there was \u201cno legal prohibition\u201d against its content but promising to review its standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This incident shows how obituaries, typically used as respectful tributes,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>can sometimes expose private family conflicts, creating far-reaching emotional and social consequences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/superduperior.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2535d7e3-6045-4df7-b90f-37ae2f5ab89d-300x270-1.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The obituary for Kathleen Dehmlow, published by&nbsp;The Redwood Falls Gazette, initially appeared as a standard tribute but quickly took a shocking turn. Her two adult children used the space to publicly air family grievances, revealing longstanding tensions and ending the obituary with a final line that stunned readers. After widespread backlash, the newspaper removed the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8030,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8029"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8029\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8031,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8029\/revisions\/8031"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}