For information on submitting an obituary, please contact Reading Eagle by phone at 610-371-5018, or email at obituaries@readingeagle.com or fax at 610-371-5193.
Most obituaries published in the Reading Eagle are submitted through funeral homes and cremation services, but we will accept submissions from families. Obituaries can be emailed to obituaries@readingeagle.com.
In addition to the text of the obituary, any photographs that you wish to include can be attached to this email. Please put the text of the obituary in a Word document, a Google document or in the body of the email. The Reading Eagle also requires a way to verify the death, so please include either the phone number of the funeral home or cremation service that is in charge of the deceased’s care or a photo of his/her death certificate. We also request that your full name, phone number and address are all included in this email.
All payments by families must be made with a credit card. We will send a proof of the completed obituary before we require payment. The obituary cannot run, however, until we receive payment in full.
Obituaries can be submitted for any future date, but they must be received no later than 3:00 p.m. the day prior to its running for it to be published.
Please call the obituary desk, at 610-371-5018, for information on pricing.
This election, the constituents of the Gov. Mifflin School District have the opportunity to reelect incumbents and bring in fresh faces to their local school board. They also have the misfortune to see that Andrew Pannafino is on the ballot for a two-year term. He was elected to the board in 2019.
During his tenure he was censured for an inexcusable Facebook post about former state Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine. Andrew’s transphobic remarks were not fitting for a public figure who represents a vibrant community. Such comments have no place in society. The students of this community deserve to have representatives who respect their identities and create an atmosphere of learning, not hate.
In 2023, voters decided Pannafino was unfit to serve. In these divisive and turbulent times, the Gov. Mifflin community does not need to repeat the past. There are plenty of other candidates who know their role is to cultivate a district that is welcoming for all.
I encourage voters to thoroughly research all the candidates. And when you get the chance to cast your ballot, ask yourself, “Do my choices respect the dignity of everyone they will represent?”
Zach Stackhouse
Mohnton