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He could imagine her scanning the obituaries on microfiche, looking for a name to steal.†
p. 238.3 *

obituaries = published death notices with short biographies
Earlier that day, at the library, she'd perused the Boston Globe online at one of the computers and had come across Gladys Feldman's obituary.†
p. 277.1

obituary = published notice of death with a short biography
Even though she'd been checking the Boston obituaries regularly, the sparse description of her life and survivors struck her with unexpected force.†
p. 277.2

obituaries = published death notices with short biographies

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)