Obituary Definition–noun | 1. | a notice of the death of a person, often with a biographical sketch, as in a newspaper. | –adjective | 2. | of, pertaining to, or recording a death or deaths: the obituary page of a newspaper. | |
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It was a year of many losses in architecture. Among those who died were Joseph Esherick, past winner of the AIA Gold Medal and the architect of shingled houses in California that seemed to grow ...
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Sporadic violence continued in Chechnya's 12-year-old war for independence from Russia, but journalists and human rights workers were largely denied access to the region to confirm the numbers of ...
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At Paine's death most U.S. newspapers reprinted the obituary notice from the New York Citizen, which read in part: "He had lived long, did some good and much harm." This remained the verdict of ...
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Casa Grande Valley Newspaper - Found 4 hours ago
The obituary Oct. 25 contained some errors due to information supplied to the Dispatch.
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Obituary | First Amendment law expert P. Cameron Devore, 76
Seattle Times - Found Oct. 28, 2008
When P. Cameron DeVore sat down earlier this year to write his own obituary, he wrote, in jest, that he died 'from a surfeit of pâté de fois gras
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Corrected information has been received for the obituary of James H. ...
Observer-Reporter - Found Nov. 7, 2008
Corrected information has been received for the obituary of James H. Wilson, published Thursday. Mr. Wilson was a Washington resident.
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Obituary: Helen Wallace, 64, coin dealer known as tough and shrewd
Calibre Macro World - Found Nov. 6, 2008
He described her in her obituary as a 'pistol-packing, Pall Mall-smoking, bourbon-drinking tornado of a woman.' He meant it as a compliment.
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New obituary: Thomas H. Lake Jr.
Newark Advocate - Found Nov. 6, 2008
Visit www.CrissSchoedinger.com and click on the obituary link to sign an online guestbook or to send an e-mail condolence.
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Scranton paper sues Times Leader over suspected obituary plagiarism
Standard Speaker - Found Nov. 6, 2008
Funeral directors indicated they did not send any obituary information to The Times Leader and did not request that the obituaries be...
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New obituary: Oliver "Earl" Mitchell
Newark Advocate - Found Nov. 5, 2008
Cherry Valley Road, Newark, OH 43055. To sign an online guest book, visit www.brucker-kishlerfuneralhome.com and click guest book/obituary.
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Obituary: Alice J. (Cudd) Johnson, 89
River Falls Journal - Found Nov. 5, 2008
A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 7, at Ezekiel Lutheran Church. A complete obituary will be in next week's Journal.
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Obituary: Alice J. (Cudd) Johnson, 89
River Falls Journal - Found Nov. 5, 2008
A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 7, at Ezekiel Lutheran Church. A complete obituary will be in next week's Journal.
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Obituary: Peter Schutz
Artslink.co.za - Found Oct. 21, 2008
Ends Jill Waterman083 378 1656 Obituary: Peter Schutz Peter Schutz, sculptor and teacher, died of cancer at his home in KwaZulu-Natal on 15...
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