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.
As we approach the 250th anniversary of our Declaration of Independence, it is important to be mindful of the guarantees of citizenship enshrined in the Bill of Rights. Included in the first of the amendments is that Congress shall make no law “abridging freedom of speech, or of the press.”
In today’s ready access to a plethora of media-based information and opinion, I find the daily newspaper to be as important as ever. We have had our share of “yellow journalism” throughout American history, but in the main I find local and national newspapers to be the most trustworthy source for objective, balanced reporting that continues today. For me that includes the Reading Eagle.
When Harrisburg, our state capitol, and Pittsburgh, our second largest city, no longer have a daily printed newspaper, the publishers of the Eagle have determined a viable formula for delivering the news seven days a week, 365 days a year. While financial considerations have limited local coverage somewhat, there is still a lot of it; state, national and world news is judiciously presented; and the opinion page presents a balanced range of viewpoints in columns and letters to the editor.
I read the home delivered, printed version daily. I access the Top Headlines electronically. When I am out of town, I read the paper online.
And not the least, local sports coverage is terrific. Go Schuylkill Valley Panthers, Penn State football, the Phillies, and the Eagles.
Solomon Lausch
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