Obituary Submission

Gig Harbor Now publishes obituaries of people who lived in the Gig Harbor area, either at the time of death or previously; who graduated from or attended school in the area; or who have another connection to Gig Harbor, such as survivors who live here. We do not charge for this service but, as we are a community-supported non-profit news organization, we hope you will consider making a donation.

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We can accept obituaries of up to 5,000 characters long, which typically works out to between 800 and 1,200 words. Obituaries may be submitted either by a surviving family member or by a funeral home. We do not accept obituaries for pets.

Gig Harbor Now typically does not edit submitted obituaries, though we reserve the right to make minor grammatical or spelling corrections.

Obituaries are published every Wednesday. To ensure an obituary is published on a particular Wednesday, it must be submitted by 8 a.m. on the previous Tuesday.

Information typically included in an obituary includes the date of birth and death; full name, including middle name or middle initial if applicable; the deceased’s city of residence at birth and death; names of parents; secondary and college education information; dates of military service, if applicable; date of nuptials, if applicable; hobbies; memorial service information; and names of surviving close family members.

For questions about Gig Harbor Now obituaries, please email [email protected].

Full Name(Required)

Headshot Photo(Required)

Accepted file types: jpg, jpeg, png, gif.

Veteran(Required)

Yes

Date Born(Required)

Date Died(Required)

Obituary Content(Required)

Obituary Summary

This optional summary will be displayed on the obituary list page. If no summary is provided, the first few sentences from the obituary content will display.

Funeral Home Information

Funeral Home Name

Funeral Home Phone Number

Funeral Home Address

Street Address City State ZIP Code

Funeral Home Website

Submitter Contact Information

Submitter Name(Required)

First Last

Submitter Phone Number(Required)

Submitter Email Address(Required)

Verification

Before we can publish the obituary, we must verify the passing of the deceased with a licensed party for our records. If you are not working with a funeral home, the name and number of a mortuary or crematorium will also be sufficient. If you do not have that information, we can also accept a scanned death certificate. The information provided for verification purposes will remain private and will not be published in the obituary.

Verification Type(Required)

Facility Name(Required)

Facility Phone Number(Required)

Death Certificate(Required)

Accepted file types: jpg, png, pdf, Max. file size: 128 MB.

Name

This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.