obituaries

An obituary is an announcement, usually in a newspaper, of a person's death, often with a short account of their life.

Originally written in a concise manner, and sometimes including significant events in the life of the deceased, an obituary may include the schools he or she attended, any degrees attained, any vocations or interests that the deceased had and the significant events in the life of the deceased. It is common to include a list of those who have survived the deceased.

Over time obituaries morphed into more than a ‘good-bye’ to the deceased. They became a less than 250 word outstanding biography, examples of which can be found in The Last Word: The New York Times Book of Obituaries and Farewells - A Celebration of Unusual Lives.

Newspapers generally consider the obituary notice a paid listing, viewed as advertisements they are usually handled by the Classified Advertising Department. Obituaries can be found online via a newspaper's website, and also via online sites where one can place an "ad," free or paid, at a virtual obituary site, or virtual cemetery.

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• Morris Lasker, Judge Who Forced City to Clean Up Jails, Dies at 92

  
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• Percy Sutton: Attorney who represented Malcolm X

  
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  Percy Sutton, who died on 26 December aged 89, was the pioneering civil rights attorney who represented Malcolm X before launching successful careers as a political power broker and media mogul. The son of a former slave, Sutton became a fixture in Harlem following his service with the famed Tuskegee Airmen in the ...
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• Rafael Caldera: President of Venezuela who helped forge an era of democracy and political stability in his country

  
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  Rafael Caldera was one of the main architects and upholders of democracy and political stability in Venezuela. A presidential candidate six times, and president twice, from 1969-74 and 1994-99, Caldera helped to ensure Venezuelas status as one of the very few Latin American countries to avoid military government in ...
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• David Taylor: MP who fought to improve primary health care for cancer patients

  
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  Somehow or another, visiting Parliamentary colleagues have a sixth sense about the relationship between their host Member of Parliament and those whom he or she represents. In 2006, in my capacity as Father of the House of Commons, I was invited by the England Central Woodlands Project to open one of their new forest ...
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• Percy Sutton: Attorney who represented Malcolm X

  
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  Percy Sutton, who died on 26 December aged 89, was the pioneering civil rights attorney who represented Malcolm X before launching successful careers as a political power broker and media mogul. The son of a former slave, Sutton became a fixture in Harlem following his service with the famed Tuskegee Airmen in the ...
  6 hours ago

• Rafael Caldera: President of Venezuela who helped forge an era of democracy and political stability in his country

  
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  Rafael Caldera was one of the main architects and upholders of democracy and political stability in Venezuela. A presidential candidate six times, and president twice, from 1969-74 and 1994-99, Caldera helped to ensure Venezuelas status as one of the very few Latin American countries to avoid military government in ...
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• David Taylor: MP who fought to improve primary health care for cancer patients

  
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  Somehow or another, visiting Parliamentary colleagues have a sixth sense about the relationship between their host Member of Parliament and those whom he or she represents. In 2006, in my capacity as Father of the House of Commons, I was invited by the England Central Woodlands Project to open one of their new forest ...
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• Missionary S. F. Timmerman dies

  
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  SEARCY, Ark. (BNc) – S.F. Timmerman, a pioneer in French missions, faithful and bold preacher of the gospel, loving husband, father and brother ended his difficult battle with cancer today at noon. He was 92. Family members are together at the Byrd Haven nursing home. No funeral arrangements have been announced ...
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• Elaine Barish

  
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  Local Riverside, CA news: Click here for headlines Elaine Barish August 2, 1923 - December 28, 2009 Services are pending. Arrangements entrusted to the care of Thomas Miller Mortuary. Local Riverside/San Bernardino obituaries and death notices are generally provided by funeral homes and may be edited for length ...
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• Genevieve Castillo

  
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  Local Riverside, CA news: Click here for headlines Genevieve Castillo January 3, 1928 - December 25, 2009 Services are pending. Arrangements entrusted to the care of Thomas Miller Mortuary. Local Riverside/San Bernardino obituaries and death notices are generally provided by funeral homes and may be edited for ...
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• Arthur Nieblas

  
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  Local Riverside, CA news: Click here for headlines Arthur Nieblas December 18, 1918 - December 27, 2009 Services are pending. Arrangements entrusted to the care of Thomas Miller Mortuary. Local Riverside/San Bernardino obituaries and death notices are generally provided by funeral homes and may be edited for ...
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• Victor Schwab

  
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  Local Riverside, CA news: Click here for headlines Victor Schwab July 12, 1912 - December 24, 2009 Interment Within Our Hearts. Arrangements entrusted to the care of Thomas Miller Mortuary. Local Riverside/San Bernardino obituaries and death notices are generally provided by funeral homes and may be edited for ...
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• Josephine Rivette

  
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  Local Riverside, CA news: Click here for headlines Josephine V. Rivette, 96, of Winchester, died Dec. 19, 2009, at Hemet Valley Medical Center in Hemet. No services are planned. Interment is private at Riverside National Cemetery. McWane Family Funeral Home is handling arrangements. Ms. Rivette, who was born in ...
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• Victoria Palmer

  
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  Local Riverside, CA news: Click here for headlines Victoria Palmer, 96, of San Jacinto, died Dec. 12, 2009, at Ramona Manor Convalescent Hospital in Hemet. Memorial services were Dec. 19 at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Hemet. Interment was private. Cremation Society of Riverside County in Romoland is ...
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• Harold Venus

  
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  Local Riverside, CA news: Click here for headlines Harold Venus, 95, of Hemet, died Sept. 28, 2009, at Redlands Community Hospital in Redlands. No services were planned. Interment will be at a later date at Riverside National Cemetery. Miller-Jones Mortuary in Hemet is handling arrangements. Mr. Venus, who was ...
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• Joe Sillivent

  
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  Local Riverside, CA news: Click here for headlines Joe D. Sillivent, 89, of Hemet, died Dec. 17, 2009, at Hemet Valley Medical Center. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Dec. 29 at Bellevue Cemetery in Ontario. Miller-Jones Mortuary in Hemet is handling arrangements. Mr. Sillivent, who was born in Texas, ...
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• Gloria Kuhn

  
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  Local Riverside, CA news: Click here for headlines Gloria Kuhn, 80, of Hemet, died Dec. 19, 2009, at the Yorkshire House in Hemet. Services were private. Interment was private at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery. Miller-Jones Mortuary in Hemet is handling arrangements. Ms. Kuhn, who was born in California, lived ...
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• Vic Chestnutt Dead at 45

  
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  Huh, somehow I missed this news over the long weekend.  But, Vic Chesnutt, a singer-songwriter from Athens, Georgia, who sung darkly hilarious songs, passed away on Christmas Day after an apparent suicide (it’s thought that being ”a wheelchair-bound paraplegic with inadequate health insurance and mounting ...
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• Eldon Taylor

  
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  Local Riverside, CA news: Click here for headlines Eldon R. Taylor, 67, of Hemet, died Dec. 6, 2009, at Ramona Manor in Hemet. No services are planned. Interment is private at Karma Mahasiddha Ling temple in Pine Cove. McWane Family Funeral Home in Hemet is handling arrangements. Mr. Taylor, who was born in ...
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• Fermin Roman

  
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  Local Riverside, CA news: Click here for headlines Fermin Roman, age 87, of Moreno Valley, passed away Friday December 25, 2009. Arrangements have been entrusted to the care of Miller-Jones Moreno Valley Mortuary, 23618 Sunnymead Blvd., 92553 where a visitation will take place from 5pm to 9pm Wednesday, December ...
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