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Dear Funeral Directors & Professionals,
With almost 15 months under our belt as publishers of Mississippi Valley Publishing, we are reviewing all policies, rates and procedures for our publications.
As a result, we are changing the policy defining free and paid obituaries, equalizing obituary rates among all our news products, and increasing the cost of photos accompanying all obituaries.
Effective March 1, only death notices and service notifications will be free in the Keokuk Gate City, Fort Madison Daily Democrat and Hancock County Journal Pilot, All obituaries will cost 18 cents per word. The cost of each photo accompanying an obituary will be $15.
Examples of free death notices and service notifications are:
“John Doe, 72, Montrose, died at 7:30 a.m. Monday, Feb. 12, 2018, at his home. Arrangements are pending at (name of funeral home.)”
“Services for John Doe, 72, Montrose, who died Monday, Feb. 12, 2018, will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 14, at the United Methodist Church in Montrose with Rev. Roger Todd officiating. Burial will be Oakland Cemetery, Fort Madison.”
We believe this will simplify the policy for you as well as our news staff charged with compiling obituaries for the three newspapers.
Deadlines for submitted obituaries to the Gate City and Daily Democrat will remain the same – 4 p.m. Sundays (for Monday papers) and holidays; and 6 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday.
We appreciate your past, present and future cooperation with us.
Steve Helenthal Bill Helenthal
Publisher Publisher
SUBMITTING AN OBITUARY
Call 319-524-8300, ext. 106, E-mail the dailygate, or fax 319-524-4363. Please include the funeral home’s contact number, your mailing address, and specify a full or free obituary format.
Obituaries that appear in the print edition also are published online after noon each day on the Daily Gate City's website, www.dailygate.com