Obituaries

First lady Michelle Obama, left, and her mother Marian Robinson at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., Sept. 6, 2012.

Politics

Former President Barack Obama gives eulogy for mother-in-law Marian Robinson at South Side memorial service

The service was a celebration of Mrs. Robinson’s life, according to the office of the former president and former first lady Michelle Obama.

By Lynn Sweet

Obituaries

Ann Lurie, who came to Chicago a nurse and became one of city’s best-known philanthropists, dies at 79

Obituaries

Cook County Commissioner Dennis Deer dies at age 51

Obituaries

Michelle Obama's mother, Marian Lois Shields Robinson, dies at 86