Obituaries in Springfield, IL | The State Journal-Register (2024)

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How do I find an obituary in Illinois? ›

Obituaries and indexes from a few individual newspapers can be found in the FamilySearch Catalog by using a Place Search under: ILLINOIS - OBITUARIES. ILLINOIS, [Name of County] - OBITUARIES. ILLINOIS, [Name of County], [Name of Town] - OBITUARIES.

Legacy.com hosts obituaries for more than three-quarters of the 100 largest newspapers in the U.S., by circulation. The site attracts more than 30 million unique visitors per month and is among the top 40 trafficked websites in the world.

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To submit a death notice to a newspaper you can go to the paper's website and follow the instructions there, or you can go to Legacy.com and find a link to the newspaper's death notice submission page there. To submit an obituary online, use our resource Guide: Filing a Death Notice or Obituary.

Request a Death Record from a County Clerk — County clerks are the official custodians of all death records recorded in Illinois counties.

No, obituaries are not legally required, but many choose to include them in their End-of-Life Plan as a part of their estate plan.

MyObits: Obituary Listings on the App Store.

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When writing an obituary, leave out details that could be used for identity theft, such as the deceased's date and place of birth, middle name, maiden name and mother's maiden name. And don't include the deceased's home address.

Several factors affect the cost of publishing an obituary. On average, it will cost anywhere between $100-$1,000. Publishing it in local or smaller metropolitan newspapers costs around $60 to start. Large metropolitan newspapers charge anywhere from $263 to several thousands of dollars.

You are under no legal obligation to take out a death notice or obituary. Think of the latter as a final gift to your loved one—a celebration of who they were and the legacy they created. The former is more of a courtesy to give people information so they too can honor and memorialize the dearly departed.

Can you check death records online? Yes, you can. It is generally an easy process, but if you don't have details about the deceased person, such as their name and date of death (estimate should be okay), it Will be more difficult to find out more information such as the cause of death and burial place.

Death records are not public records and are only available to those who have a personal or property right interest (“property right” is defined as something that it is owned, tangible such as a car title or a property deed) with the decedent.

You do not need to tell me you do not want a phone call or that email is fine. I will not call you, and you will not be charged any additional fee for a phone call, unless you make that specific request. No, there is no Illinois or federal law requiring the family to run an obituary when a relative dies.