All 3 Uses

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Ferris Beach
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It was when he was into composing limerick obituaries for people he didn't care for, so I never knew if his cemetery-expansion idea was serious or something crafted to irk my mother.†
Chpt 3

obituaries = published death notices with short biographies
For years he had cut the obituaries from several different newspapers.†
Chpt 5 *
On her lap she held his little obituary box, filled with the yellowed newsprint carefully cut during "Gunsmoke.†
Chpt 25

obituary = published notice of death with a short biography

Definitions:

(1) (obituary)
a published notice of someone's death -- usually printed in a newspaper with a short biography

The section of the newspaper that reports deaths is called the "Obituaries".
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)