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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. The Wyomissing Public Library will host a community conversation on health care on Nov. 8 at 1 p.m. Topics will include the impact of the state and federal budgets on health care, issues that Berks County residents face in light of these budgets, the work of the Berks Community Health Centers and the county medical association and whether there is a need for a city and/or county health department. Berks Community Health Center Director Mary Kargbo will join Dr. Michael Baxter in the conversation, which will be facilitated by Dave Myers, senior fellow at the Berks County Community Foundation. Baxter is the retired chair of the Department of Family and Community Medicine at Reading Hospital/Tower Health. He continues to care for patients with the Berks Free Medical Clinic and Faith Care Free Clinic. The public is encouraged to attend. The library is at 9 Reading Blvd.
