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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-C780Chicago, Cook County, IL

Norma Joy Vedder

October 26, 1947 – August 6, 2026 · Chicago, Illinois

In Chicago, on August 6, 2026, Norma Joy Vedder died at 78. Born on October 26, 1947 and raised among Dutch-American manners that never needed a speech. From the start, she treated promises like tools: keep them sharp, d…

Community memorialNN-OBIT-2026-C733Peoria, Peoria County, IL

Gordon Scott Rutherfurd

January 7, 1948 – September 3, 2026 · Peoria, Illinois

Peoria lost Gordon Scott Rutherfurd on September 3, 2026. He was 78. He was born on January 7, 1948 in a Scotch-Irish family that measured love in finished chores. He grew up believing that showing up was the first craft…

Community memorialNN-OBIT-2026-C717Peoria, Peoria County, IL

Philip Craig Ben-Ami

May 7, 1953 – August 4, 2026 · Peoria, Illinois

On August 4, 2026, Philip Craig Ben-Ami died at home in Peoria. He was 73. Born in Peoria on May 7, 1953; Israeli-American cooking and payday thrift set the tone of the house. He grew up believing that showing up was the…

Community memorialNN-OBIT-2026-C674Rockford, IL

Ruby Diane Nguyenpham

March 13, 1954 – August 13, 2026 · Rockford, Illinois

Rockford lost Ruby Diane Nguyenpham on August 13, 2026. She was 72. She was born on March 13, 1954 in a Vietnamese-American family that measured love in finished chores. She learned that neighborhoods remember who helps …

Community memorialNN-OBIT-2026-C657Rockford, IL

Malcolm Ian Boudreaux

December 15, 1943 – September 8, 2026 · Rockford, Illinois

Malcolm Ian Boudreaux died in Rockford on September 8, 2026. He was 82. Born in Rockford on December 15, 1943, raised among Cajun French manners that never needed a speech. He learned early that a day is something you fi…

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Died on this day · September 25

Historical figures whose death date falls on this calendar day (America/Los_Angeles). Featured memorials stay in the Historical register every day.

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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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