Obituaries

The Skagit Valley Herald provides several options for obituary listings both in print and online.

 

Private Party

Private parties submitting an obituary,
please click here.

Funeral Homes

Funeral homes submitting an obituary,
please click here.
 
 

Full Obituaries

Full obituaries include text about the deceased either sent in by families or funeral homes. These can vary in length considerably, depending on what is submitted. The cost of a full obituary depends upon its length and whether photos are included.

Photos

The cost is included in the column inch charge for area taken up by the use of 1 or 2 photos (usually about 1.5 inches per photo). Obituary photos are printed in color.

Online listing

All obituaries are uploaded to the The Skagit Valley Herald website and to Legacy.com.

Submitting an obituary

To submit an obituary, death notice or celebration of life notice:

Funeral homes should visit Memoriams.com.

Private parties or family members can submit an obituary at https://placement.memoriams.com/.

Common to all types of obituary listings

Community

The Skagit Valley Herald covers Mount Vernon area.


Deadline

  • Obituary deadlines are Tuesday-Friday by 2pm to publish the following day.
  • Saturday deadline is Friday by 11:30AM.
  • Anacortes American obituary deadline 11am Monday.
  • Stanwood-Camano News obituary deadline 2pm the Friday before.

We no longer publish on Sunday or Monday.


Style

The Skagit Valley Herald reserves the right to reject or change copy at the publisher's discretion.