Obit says woman chose death over voting for either Trump or Hillary

Her husband clarifies that it was put out by one of their sons and it was done in jest.

July 03, 2016 06:57 pm | Updated 06:58 pm IST - WASHINGTON:

The family of an American woman, who died recently put out an obituary that said she passed away to avoid the spectre of voting for either Republican frontrunner Donald Trump or his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in the upcoming presidential election!

The funny obituary of 68-year-old Mary Anne Noland of Richmond, Virginia claimed she died to avoid the increasingly likely choice between Mr. Trump and Ms. Clinton in the November 8 U.S. presidential poll.

“Faced with the prospect of voting for either Trump or Clinton, Noland chose, instead, to pass into the eternal love of God on Sunday,” read the obituary which was published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch .

Done in jest: husband

Her husband, Jim Noland, said that one of their sons wrote the satirical political line and that it was not an attack on either candidate, but rather a way to carry on Mary Anne’s sense of humour. His wife passed away after a long battle with lung cancer in May.

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