Comments on: How Much Does an Obituary in the Newspaper Cost?

By: Ron Gonzales

Ron Gonzales — Sat, 19 Oct 2019 16:32:47 +0000

My niece wanted to do something for her grandmother. Picture and nice documents.

Dallas Morning news wanted to change her 800!!! Cut down to half the words and no picture still wanted 500!!!

Basic obit name DOB & DOD Funeral Home, they cost 105.00.

Settled on $300 for more than just her name and funeral home.

My mother was so much more.

Thanks for listening.

By: CHRISTOPHER MAINARD

CHRISTOPHER MAINARD — Mon, 12 Mar 2018 20:08:11 +0000

Seems very predatory… ours was submitted through the funeral home and billed directly to our credit card.

while it is not really “optional” … we have immediately cancelled our subscription after 45 years, as that is unacceptable.

By: Barb D

Barb D — Sat, 22 Oct 2016 12:04:57 +0000

The Hartford Courant 10/23/16 – $907.67 !!!! I did the entire listing and wording myself thru their online portal.
For (1) small picture, a cross emblem and approximately 100 double sized lines across size. In the Sunday paper and online thru legacy.com which is standard for the obituary department. I had to pay this because it is my Dad but you can’t find the price of what you are doing until the very end and then it does not give you a breakdown of where the money is being spent so you can adjust the pricing! They got ya’.

By: Ann R.

Ann R. — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 21:05:36 +0000

Yes, it’s true. It was the San Diego Union Tribune (owned by the LA Times) and the only way I could post for a day in the newspaper was to “buy the package” with a bunch of online stuff I did not want. I am outraged that they take advantage of grieving loved ones who want to honor their departed.

By: Pensacola news journal

Pensacola news journal — Thu, 02 Jun 2016 15:24:00 +0000

500 one day Saturday with picturre
800 for three days with picture

By: goodman

goodman — Fri, 22 Apr 2016 20:26:32 +0000

Nothing was said about costs anywhere,any time until after publishing, just a verbal “we’ll take care of it”. They made changes that turned the obit into something that sounded like it was written by an unmotivated 12 year old without submitting it to me for approval and published it without my consent. After I demanded a reprint using my original text, both obits appeared on line side by side. These people are dishonest and/or completely incompetent. Get the cost in writing first! These people are evil and they well understand the psychology of the bereaved and take FULL ADVANTAGE. They also ignore using time and cost saving programs such as “Save as Word Document” to run up the word count in order to pad their bill to the customer.

By: CWILSON

CWILSON — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 15:32:37 +0000

Out of state Funeral Home [Maryland] wants to charge $400 for each newspaper they put the obituary in, which was going to cost $800 for 2 local newspapers in Virginia. The obituary was already placed in the newspaper in the state where the deceased lived. I was just asking to have them submit the same obituary to the 2 local newspapers; no additional information was requested from them. Don’t understand this exorbitant fee for information they already have.