Thomas P. Choate Obituary ⁠2%

By Chicago Tribune⁠6%

7/14/2026, 10:05:00 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 1 faulty reasoning type, including Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 36.9% saturation with 31 hits. Analysis detected 31 faulty-reasoning hits from 84 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 12.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠2% (21,466 of 21,887 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 98.10% of the article peer group.

Thomas P. 
Choate, age 66, a resident of Romeoville and formerly Naperville, passed away July 11, 2026. 
Visitation will be Sunday, July 19, 4:00-8:00 PM at Friedrich-Jones Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 44 S. 
Mill St., Naperville. 
All will gather on Monday, July 20, 10:00 AM at Our Lady of Mercy Church, 701 S. 
Eola Rd., Aurora for the Mass of Christian Burial. 
Interment Queen of Heaven Cemetery, Hillside. 
For information call 630/355-0213 or visit www.friedrich-jones.com for a complete obituary. 
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84 words analyzed.

Speakers

4speakers80%attributed speech17writer words
Voice mapSelect a segment to jump to its words
Thomas P. • 2 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 2 words • 0.0% coverageThomas P. • 2 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 15 words • 0.0% coverageFriedrich-Jones Funeral Home & Cremation Services • 17 words • 100.0% coverageFriedrich-Jones Funeral Home & Cremation Services • 3 words • 100.0% coverageOur Lady of Mercy Church • 17 words • 0.0% coverageOur Lady of Mercy Church • 9 words • 0.0% coverageQueen of Heaven Cemetery • 6 words • 0.0% coverageFriedrich-Jones Funeral Home & Cremation Services • 11 words • 100.0% coverage
100%flagged-word coverage
31 attributed words46% of attributed speech0% writer coverage
0%50.0%100.0%Attempt to Sell a Product +100.0 ptsWriter: 0.0%Friedrich-Jones Funeral Home & Cremation Services: 100.0%100.0%

Attribution is sentence-level. Pattern percentages are calculated only from words assigned to that voice.

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Analysis

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