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 Berks County Conservation District has received a grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to make water quality improvements.
It was announced Tuesday that the conservation district would receive $317,872 for the Upper Little Swatara Creek watershed implementation plan project in Bethel Township.
The money will be used to perform streambank restoration on Crosskill Creek and install agricultural best management practices on an unnamed tributary to Little Swatara Creek. The project is part of a yearslong water quality monitoring program to determine and evaluate progress.
It was one of eight projects across Pennsylvania awarded grants focused on improving water quality and restoring impaired watersheds.
“Clean water is vital to community health and a fundamental right of every Pennsylvanian,” said DEP Secretary Jessica Shirley. “These projects are examples of good stewardship and best practices to create healthier streams and wetlands, reduce flood risk and improve fish and wildlife habitat.”
