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.
Our society legally allows what amounts to murder and suicide in the name of “individual choice” and “religious freedom,” such as in regard to vaccinations. “Firmly held convictions” do not give a person or group the right to endanger others or require other people or society to help them if their beliefs endanger or injure themselves.
I cannot imagine the extreme mental gymnastics a “patriot” or “religious” person must go through to not be vaccinated for their protection and the protection of their family, friends and fellow citizens. To me it is unimaginable that God would require followers to go through intense suffering or cause other people to do the same in the pretense of worship.
As a scientist I am cautious about embracing fads in science the same way I do fads in society. However, when I am convinced through study and experience that something is true, morally right and socially responsible I do my best to follow it as a good family member, friend, citizen of this country and citizen of the world.
Richard Gardner
Upper Bern Township