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Inquirer Obituaries

The Inquirer publishes a limited number of editorial obituaries which are biographical profiles of

longtime, Philadelphia area residents who have some prominence in the community,

including educators, lawyers, doctors, business owners, artists and others.

Obituaries are written by staff writers with the family's assistance.

For consideration for an Inquirer obituary, please provide:

  1. Name and phone number of funeral home or entity that handled the body.

  2. Name and phone number of family contact.

  3. Date and town of birth.

  4. Date, location and cause of death (not "natural causes" but one of them)

  5. Schooling history - graduated from what schools in what years with what diplomas/degrees.

  6. Military history - did what, where, in what years for what service.

  7. Job history - did what in what years for what firms.

  8. Hobbies and Interests.

  9. Survivors - names of spouse (including former spouses) and children, numbers of siblings and grandchildren.

  10. Services - hour, date, address, location.

  11. A photo of at least 200 dots per inch, e-mailed as a .jpg attachment, not in the body of the e-mail.

E-mail this information to the Obit writer:

Vernon Clark at 215-854-5717 or vclark@phillynews.com.

The Inquirer also publishes paid death notices through our advertising

department(deathnotices@phillynews.com, 215-854-5800, fax, 215-854-5572).