Obituary Submission

Rates: Death notice: no charge (includes name and age of deceased; time, date and location of service)
Traditional format: $15 (with 1-column photo: $20)
Nontraditional format: $5 per column inch

We will contact you via email to obtain payment information for the fee for publishing the obituary. The obituary will not be published until payment has been received.

Name, including recognized nickname.


 Head and shoulders photo, if provided.

Age

 

Date and place of birth parents.

Date and place or town of death.

Date, time, place and officiant of service(s).

Hometown at time of death, previous hometown(s) of significance

Vocation(s)

Military service, rank and honors.


Elected and/or appointed public office(s) held.


Church and civic club affiliation(s), office(s) held.


Surviving members of immediate family, including spouse, parents, siblings and spouses, children and spouses, grandparents, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.


Immediate family members who preceded the deceased in death, date(s) of death.


Single reference to attending mortuary.


Family’s choice of memorial recipient(s), with address or Web site.

Contact information of person submitting form:
   
Name
   
   
Phone
   
   
Email
   

Obituary Policy
Obituaries republished with additional information inadvertently omitted by the mortuary or the family for the initial publication must be paid at the appropriate rate.

The Albany News shall reserve the right to publish news stories about the death of widely recognized civic or community figures, containing as much information as determined by the editor to be significant. Such news articles may be in addition to the deceased’s obituary announcement.

The Albany News shall further reserve the right to edit obituaries, complimentary or paid, for proper spelling, grammar and punctuation.