Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Necrology \Ne*crol"o*gy\, n.; pl. {Necrologies}. [Gr. ? a dead
   person + -logy: cf. F. n['e]crologie. See {Necromancy}.]
   An account of deaths, or of the dead; a register of deaths; a
   collection of obituary notices.

Source : WordNet®

necrology
     n 1: a notice of someone's death; usually includes a short
          biography [syn: {obituary}, {obit}]
     2: a list of people who died recently