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A Michigan girl wrote a blistering obituary about her “monster” of a mom, accusing her of a collection of abuses and wrongdoings.

The obituary for Linda Lernal Harvey Cullum Smith Stull, which has since been taken down, was written by her 54-year-old daughter Gayle Harvey Heckman.

“As a mother, Lernal was violent, hateful, and cruel. She physically, mentally, emotionally, verbally, and financially abused Gayle,” the obituary learn, in accordance with The Sturgis Journal.

“Lernal accused Gayle of ‘trying to steal her husband’ and proceeded to beat her senselessly,” the obituary continued.

“Gayle and her family forgive Lernal and hope that she has found peace,” the piece concluded. “They also hope to find peace within themselves. Lernal will not be missed by Gayle or her family. They all understand the world is a much better place without her.”

The obituary was revealed in Three Rivers News on 15 December, three days after Stull’s dying. The following day, the paper wrote on-line,“This obituary was significantly shortened due to it just being a spiteful hate piece against a beloved member of our community.”

According to the publication, Ms Heckman is Stull’s first youngster.

The resentful daughter defined why she wrote the obituary to the Sturgis Journal.

“Well, honestly I wanted to write it for myself because I wanted to clear my name,” Ms Heckman stated.

“For 24 years and before that, my mother has had to come up with a reason as to why her daughter isn’t in her life that doesn’t make her look like a monster,” she continued. “I had to reclaim my name.”

Ms Heckman informed the outlet that she wasn’t making an attempt to be “hateful” when she wrote the piece, however was expressing that she was “angry.” She defined, “I don’t understand if we don’t talk about this, how are we supposed to…break the cycle of trauma, especially generational trauma.”

The writer of Wilcox Newspapers, Mike Wilcox informed Sturgis Journal that the obituary was “published without a good look on our part.” He added that he eliminated it from the web site “after complaints about its content poured in.”