To place an obituary, please include the information from the obituary checklist below in an email to obits@pioneerpress.com. There is no option to place them through our website. Feel free to contact our obituary desk at 651-228-5263 with any questions.
General Information:
Your full name,
Address (City, State, Zip Code),
Phone number,
And an alternate phone number (if any)
Obituary Specification:
Name of Deceased,
Obituary Text,
A photo in a JPEG or PDF file is preferable, TIF and other files are accepted, we will contact you if there are any issues with the photo.
Ad Run dates
There is a discount for running more than one day, but this must be scheduled on the first run date to apply.
If a photo is used, it must be used for both days for the discount to apply, contact us for more information.
Policies:
Verification of Death:
In order to publish obituaries a name and phone number of funeral home/cremation society is required. We must contact the funeral home/cremation society handling the arrangements during their business hours to verify the death. If the body of the deceased has been donated to the University of Minnesota Anatomy Bequest Program, or a similar program, their phone number is required for verification.
Please allow enough time to contact them especially during their limited weekend hours.
A death certificate is also acceptable for this purpose but only one of these two options are necessary.
Guestbook and Outside Websites:
We are not allowed to reference other media sources with a guestbook or an obituary placed elsewhere when placing an obituary in print and online. We may place a website for a funeral home or a family email for contact instead; contact us with any questions regarding this matter.
Obituary Process:
Once your submission is completed, we will fax or email a proof for review prior to publication in the newspaper. This proof includes price and days the notice is scheduled to appear.
Please review the proof carefully. We must be notified of errors or changes before the notice appears in the Pioneer Press based on each day’s deadlines.
After publication, we will not be responsible for errors that may occur after final proofing.
Online:
Changes to an online obituary can be handled through the obituary desk. Call us with further questions.
Payment Procedure:
Pre-payment is required for all obituary notices prior to publication by the deadline specified below in our deadline schedule. Please call 651-228-5263 with your payment information after you have received the proof and approved its contents.
Credit Card: Payment accepted by phone only due to PCI (Payment Card Industry) regulations
EFT: Check by phone. Please provide your routing number and account number.
Cash: Accepted at our FRONT COUNTER Monday – Friday from 8:00AM – 3:30PM
Rates:
The minimum charge is $162 for the first 10 lines.
Every line after the first 10 is $12.20.
If the ad is under 10 lines it will be charged the minimum rate of $162.
On a second run date, the lines are $8.20 per line, starting w/ the first line.
For example: if first run date was 20 lines the cost would be $164.
Each photo published is $125 per day.
For example: 2 photos in the paper on 2 days would be 4 photo charges at $500.
Deadlines:
Please follow deadline times to ensure your obituary is published on the day requested.
Hours
Deadline (no exceptions)
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Photos
MEMORIAM (NON-OBITUARY) REQUEST
Unlike an obituary, Memoriam submissions are remembrances of a loved one who has passed. The rates for a memoriam differ from obituaries.
Please call or email us for more memoriam information
Please call 651-228-5280 for more information.
HOURS: Monday – Friday 8:00AM – 5:00PM (CLOSED WEEKENDS and HOLIDAYS)
Please submit your memoriam ad to memoriams@pioneerpress.com or call 651-228-5280.
One Atlantic Coast Conference official quit over how a review was handled in the Syracuse-Connecticut game two weeks ago, and the Gophers can add a gripe on how another ACC review was handled on a key play during Minnesota’s 27-14 loss to California on Saturday.
In the third quarter, Cal running back Brandon High was fighting for extra yards on a first-down rush when U safety Koi Perich and teammates started to tackle him. Perich brought High’s knee down onto Perich’s chest, while Minnesota linebacker Devon Williams punched the ball out.
Multiple Gophers defensive players reacted as if it was a loose ball, and after a scramble on the ground, Williams recovered it. But referee Nate Black immediately said High was down and signaled for second down.
One angle of the play showed the ball was out before High was down by contact.
At the time, the Gophers held a 14-10 lead, and the turnover would have given Minnesota the ball at Cal’s 25-yard line. Instead, Cal kept possession, and on the drive, scored a touchdown and would not trail again.
An ACC spokesperson told the Pioneer Press on Tuesday that every play is reviewed, but it’s a question on whether the head referee is buzzed from the conference’s command center to take deeper look at a specific play. The spokesperson said she would attempt to respond to the Pioneer Press with further information on the process.
Coincidentally, ACC commissioner Jim Phillips attended the Cal-Minnesota game at Memorial Stadium in Berkeley, Calif.
Last week, longtime ACC official Gary Patterson quit his position in frustration over how a review was handled in the Sept. 6 game in New York, according to ESPN. There was a delay in a review of a Syracuse offensive play that came after another play had been run.
An ESPN source said Patterson, who had been with the ACC since 2002, was upset at the conference’s interference to force a replay despite a subsequent play taking place. That instigated his resignation.
Last September, the Gophers’ 27-14 loss to Michigan was marred by a Minnesota special teams player being flagged for offside on an onside kick that Minnesota recovered. After a flag, the Wolverines gained possession and won in Ann Arbor.
The Big Ten later said the play was “too tight to flag” and the conference charged is officiating mechanics on onside kicks to put “multiple officials in the best position to consistently make the correct judgement.”
The Gophers are off this week before opening Big Ten play against Rutgers at 11 a.m. Sept. 27 at Huntington Bank Stadium.