To place an obituary, please include the information from the obituary checklist below in an email to [email protected]. There is no option to place obituaries through our website. Feel free to contact our obituary desk at 651-228-5263 with any questions.
**General Information:**
– Your full name
– Address (City, State, Zip Code)
– Phone number
– An alternate phone number (if any)
**Obituary Specification:**
– Name of Deceased
– Obituary Text
– A photo in a JPEG or PDF file is preferable. TIF and other file formats are accepted. We will contact you if there are any issues with the photo.
– Ad Run dates
There is a discount for running more than one day, but this must be scheduled on the first run date to apply. If a photo is used, it must be used for both days for the discount to apply. Contact us for more information.
**Policies:**
*Verification of Death:*
In order to publish obituaries, a name and phone number of the funeral home or cremation society handling arrangements is required. We must contact them during their business hours to verify the death.
If the body of the deceased has been donated to the University of Minnesota Anatomy Bequest Program or a similar program, their phone number is required for verification. Please allow enough time to contact them, especially during their limited weekend hours.
A death certificate is also acceptable for this purpose. Only one of these two options is necessary.
*Guestbook and Outside Websites:*
We are not allowed to reference other media sources with a guestbook or an obituary placed elsewhere when publishing an obituary in print and online. We may place a website for a funeral home or a family email for contact instead. Contact us with any questions regarding this matter.
**Obituary Process:**
Once your submission is complete, we will fax or email a proof for review prior to publication in the newspaper. This proof includes the price and the days the notice is scheduled to appear. Please review the proof carefully.
We must be notified of errors or changes before the notice appears in the Pioneer Press, based on each day’s deadlines. After publication, we will not be responsible for errors that may occur after final proofing.
*Online:*
Changes to an online obituary can be handled through the obituary desk. Call us with further questions.
**Payment Procedure:**
Pre-payment is required for all obituary notices prior to publication by the deadline specified below in our deadline schedule. Please call 651-228-5263 with your payment information after you have received the proof and approved its contents.
– Credit Card: Payment accepted by phone only due to PCI (Payment Card Industry) regulations
– EFT: Check by phone. Please provide your routing number and account number.
– Cash: Accepted at our front counter Monday–Friday from 8:00 AM to 3:30 PM
**Rates:**
The minimum charge is $162 for the first 10 lines. Every line after the first 10 is $12.20. If the ad is under 10 lines, it will be charged the minimum rate of $162.
On a second run date, the lines are $8.20 per line, starting with the first line. For example, if the first run date was 20 lines, the cost would be $164.
Each photo published is $125 per day. For example, 2 photos in the paper on 2 days would be 4 photo charges totaling $500.
**Deadlines:**
Please follow deadline times to ensure your obituary is published on the day requested.
Hours and deadlines have no exceptions for ads or photos.
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### Memoriam (Non-Obituary) Requests
Unlike an obituary, memoriam submissions are remembrances of a loved one who has passed. The rates for a memoriam differ from obituaries. Please call or email us for more information.
Phone: 651-228-5280
Email: [email protected]
Hours: Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM (Closed weekends and holidays)
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### Today is Friday, October 24, 2025, the 297th day of the year. There are 68 days left in 2025.
#### Today in History:
– In 1945, the United Nations formally came into existence as the Charter of the United Nations, ratified by 51 nations, took effect. This date is now observed as United Nations Day.
– In 1537, Jane Seymour, the third wife of England’s King Henry VIII, died 12 days after giving birth to Prince Edward, later King Edward VI.
– In 1861, the first transcontinental telegraph message was sent by Chief Justice Stephen J. Field of California from San Francisco to President Abraham Lincoln in Washington, D.C.
– In 1929, a massive sell-off at the opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange led to chaos as stockbrokers couldn’t keep up with trade requests. Though the market recovered some losses by the end of the day, “Black Thursday” marked the beginning of the Wall Street Crash of 1929.
– In 1931, the George Washington Bridge, connecting New York City with New Jersey, was dedicated. It was the world’s longest suspension bridge at the time.
– In 1952, Republican presidential candidate Dwight D. Eisenhower vowed to go to Korea as he promised to end the ongoing conflict there. Eisenhower would visit Korea in December, after winning the election but before his inauguration.
– In 2002, authorities arrested John Allen Muhammad and teenager Lee Boyd Malvo near Myersville, Maryland, in the Washington-area sniper attacks that killed 10 people and wounded three that month. Malvo was later sentenced to life in prison. Muhammad was sentenced to death and executed in 2009.
– In 2003, a British Airways flight from New York to London marked the final commercial flight of the supersonic Concorde jet.
– In 2012, Hurricane Sandy roared across Jamaica and headed toward Cuba on its way to the eastern United States. What became known as Superstorm Sandy was a combination of the hurricane and other storms that struck New York and surrounding areas, killing 147 people, including 72 in the eastern U.S.
– In 2024, the owner and manager of the cargo ship Dali agreed to pay more than $102 million in cleanup costs to settle a federal government lawsuit stemming from the 2023 collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. The Dali had crashed into a supporting column, destroying the 1.6-mile span and killing six members of a roadwork crew.
#### Today’s Birthdays:
– Rock musician Bill Wyman is 89.
– Actor F. Murray Abraham is 86.
– Actor Kevin Kline is 78.
– Senator Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, is 71.
– Senator Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, is 69.
– Actor B. D. Wong is 65.
– English soccer manager and former star midfielder Wayne Rooney is 40.
– Singer Monica Arnold is 45.
– Fashion designer Zac Posen is 45.
– Singer-rapper Drake is 39.
– Actor Ashton Sanders is 30.
– NBA All-Star Jaylen Brown is 29.
– Actor Hudson Yang is 22.
https://www.twincities.com/2025/10/24/today-in-history-october-24-the-united-nations-officially-launches/
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