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Obituaries

Two registers on one page. Community memorials are family and neighborhood remembrances — including paid $69 placements. Historical figures are public memorials for documented deceased Americans. American War Heroes is a separate, publisher-curated historical roll — Revolution first, every war listed, and missing in action treated as a duty. A Community memorial may mention service; it does not enroll anyone on that roll. Veterans use code VET50 for 50% off Obituary Placement only — a price, not a verification, and not a discount on public notices.

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Taps

A memorial respect before the burial register. The recording plays here. It is not a funeral and not a Heroes roll.

VA national cemetery memorials

Family-authorized public listings from the VA Daily Burial Schedule. Original short notices with a Veteran flag. Not a Heroes roll and not a funeral-home scrape. Play Taps as a memorial respect.

VA national cemetery memorialUnited States flagVeteranNN-OBIT-VA-20261002-003Fort Sheridan, Lake County, IL

United States flagTheodore James Aldershof

Committal October 2, 2026 · Fort Sheridan National Cemetery

Theodore James Aldershof is being honored at Fort Sheridan National Cemetery in Fort Sheridan, Illinois. The family authorized this committal to appear on the Department of Veterans Affairs Daily Burial Schedule. The pub…

VA national cemetery memorialUnited States flagU.S. Air ForceVeteran · U.S. Air ForceNN-OBIT-VA-20260930-033Springfield, Sangamon County, IL

United States flagU.S. Air ForceRichard Conrad Gietl

December 22, 1939 – September 17, 2026 · Camp Butler National Cemetery

Richard Conrad Gietl, Airman First Class, U.S. Air Force who served in Vietnam, is being honored at Camp Butler National Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois. The family authorized this committal to appear on the Department…

VA national cemetery memorialUnited States flagU.S. ArmyVeteran · U.S. ArmyNN-OBIT-VA-20260930-026Springfield, Sangamon County, IL

United States flagU.S. ArmyTerrence Michael Bernotas

May 24, 1947 – September 22, 2026 · Camp Butler National Cemetery

Terrence Michael Bernotas, SP5, U.S. Army who served in Vietnam, is being honored at Camp Butler National Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois. The family authorized this committal to appear on the Department of Veterans Af…

VA national cemetery memorialUnited States flagU.S. ArmyVeteran · U.S. ArmyNN-OBIT-VA-20260930-018Springfield, Sangamon County, IL

United States flagU.S. ArmyJudge Audrey Taylor

March 14, 1952 – September 19, 2026 · Camp Butler National Cemetery

Camp Butler National Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois lists a family-authorized committal for Judge Audrey Taylor, SP4, U.S. Army who served in Vietnam, on the VA Daily Burial Schedule. The published service time is Wed…

VA national cemetery memorialUnited States flagU.S. ArmyVeteran · U.S. ArmyNN-OBIT-VA-20260929-028Springfield, Sangamon County, IL

United States flagU.S. ArmyWilliam Arthur Vollmer

February 15, 1962 – September 17, 2026 · Camp Butler National Cemetery

Camp Butler National Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois lists a family-authorized committal for William Arthur Vollmer, Private, U.S. Army, on the VA Daily Burial Schedule. The published service time is Tuesday, September…

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Community memorials

Family and neighborhood remembrances, including paid placements.

Community memorialNN-OBIT-2026-C417Chicago, Cook County, IL

Lydia Carmen Fitzpatrick

November 14, 1953 – August 15, 2026 · Chicago, Illinois

Lydia Carmen Fitzpatrick died in Chicago on August 15, 2026. She was 72. Born in Chicago on November 14, 1953, into a Irish-Mexican household that treated work as a language. She learned early that a day is something you…

Community memorialNN-OBIT-2026-C373Peoria, Peoria County, IL

Joao Miguel Carvalho

April 2, 1949 – August 29, 2026 · Peoria, Illinois

Joao Miguel Carvalho died in Peoria on August 29, 2026. He was 77. Born in Peoria on April 2, 1949, with Portuguese-American roots that shaped the table more than the flag. He learned early that a day is something you fi…

Community memorialNN-OBIT-2026-C357Chicago, Cook County, IL

Lydia Carmen Orozco

June 14, 1953 – August 16, 2026 · Chicago, Illinois

Lydia Carmen Orozco died in Chicago on August 16, 2026. She was 73. Born on June 14, 1953, raised among Mexican-American manners that never needed a speech. She learned early that a day is something you finish, not somet…

Community memorialNN-OBIT-2026-C313Rockford, IL

Istvan Joseph Szabo

September 28, 1942 – August 4, 2026 · Rockford, Illinois

Istvan Joseph Szabo died in Rockford on August 4, 2026. He was 83. Born on September 28, 1942, with Hungarian-American roots that shaped the table more than the flag. He learned early that a day is something you finish, …

Portrait of Irena Zofia Majewska
Community memorialNN-OBIT-2026-C296Champaign, Champaign County, IL

Irena Zofia Majewska

April 10, 1948 – September 3, 2026 · Champaign, Illinois

Irena Zofia Majewska died in Champaign on September 3, 2026. She was seventy-eight. Born there on April 10, 1948, to parents who had come from Kraków by way of a long patience, she grew up in a campus town that still had…

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Historical figures

Public memorials for documented deceased Americans.

Portrait of Jane Addams
Historical figureNN-OBIT-2026-H0913AChicago, Cook County, IL

Jane Addams

September 6, 1860 – May 21, 1935 · Chicago, Illinois

Jane Addams died in Chicago on May 21, 1935. She was seventy-four. Born in Cedarville, Illinois, on September 6, 1860, she opened Hull-House on Halsted Street in 1889 and spent the next decades inventing what American se…

Portrait of Bessie Coleman
Historical figureNN-OBIT-2026-H017Chicago, Cook County, IL

Bessie Coleman

January 26, 1892 – April 30, 1926 · Died Jacksonville, Florida

Bessie Coleman died on April 30, 1926, when a Jenny she was testing over Jacksonville, Florida, threw her from the open cockpit at about two thousand feet. She was thirty-four. The mechanic, William Wills, stayed with th…

Portrait of Ida B. Wells
Historical figureNN-OBIT-2026-H013Chicago, Cook County, IL

Ida B. Wells

July 16, 1862 – March 25, 1931 · Died Chicago, Illinois

Ida B. Wells died in Chicago on March 25, 1931, of kidney disease, still editing, still organizing, still refusing to let a lynching be described as a mystery. She was sixty-eight. Born in Holly Springs, Mississippi, on …

Portrait of Abraham Lincoln
Historical figureNN-OBIT-2026-H002Springfield, Sangamon County, IL

Abraham Lincoln

February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865 · Died Washington, D.C.

Abraham Lincoln died at Petersen House, the boarding house across from Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., on the morning of April 15, 1865. He was fifty-six. The shot had come the night before, in a box he had occupied …

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