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.
An independent pharmacy is celebrating the opening of its third store location in Exeter Township.
Exeter Community Pharmacy workers cut the ribbon at 3811 Perkiomen Ave. on Sept. 19.
The pharmacy is the third branch of the Community Pharmacy brand, which opened its first Berks County location in Temple in 2020.
Another location, Sinking Spring Community Pharmacy, opened in April 2024.
The Community Pharmacy brand is independent and family-owned, and aims to help elevate the quality of life of patients by assisting them in staying on top of their medications.
It offers services including free home delivery of medications, as well as free specialized packaging of medications according to their intake schedule.
“We accept all the insurances and keep everything in stock,” pharmacist Neil Patel told MediaNews Group. “We get prescriptions ready in 5-10 minutes and there is no wait time or long lines.”
The store also offers one-on-one medication therapy management where pharmacists review patients’ health status, create a medication plan, and monitor and assess their response to treatment.
“If the patient has questions about their medication therapy, we review that and coordinate with a doctor to potentially change prescriptions,” pharmacy manager Kimberly Galbraith said.
Galbraith said working at an independent pharmacy offers a chance for more personalized care.
“The advantage I see in community pharmacies versus big box chain is (we provide) patients the care that they deserve,” Patel said. “We go out of our way to save patients money and provide clinical help.”
The store also offer immunizations, including those for flu, pneumonia, shingles and tetanus.
Home medical equipment, vitamins and supplements, and other pharmacy staples are also for sale at the store.
The Exeter location has been open since late July, and is holding a promotion through which patients who transfer their prescriptions get $25 in store credit. The promotion will run until the end of the year.