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 a former athlete, these are my opinions as to who wins games and who loses games. When I was playing I remember each win and each loss as to whose fault I thought it was, I can’t remember ever blaming the coach, because that never worked and wasn’t true.
Penn State head football coach James Franklin didn’t drop any passes or miss any blocks or tackles. The team has to carry that burden. In watching Penn State win the games it won and lose the games it lost, it was pretty clear the team wasn’t playing up to its potential in the losses. I would bet that if asked, the players would accept responsibility for wins and losses. That is competitive sports.
I won many sports contests and certainly lost my share. If I ever tried to convince my friends and family that it wasn’t my fault but the coach’s fault, I would have been laughed at and humiliated.
Many coaches are outstanding, and I would put Franklin in that category. But he is not playing for Penn State, he is the coach. The players are big boys and well compensated for their talents.
Franklin needs to be judged on the entire success and failures of the team from a coach’s perspective.
James Thomas
Shillington