For information on submitting an obituary, please contact The Cortland Standard by phone at 607-756-5665 Ext. 149, or email at
[email protected].
The Cortland Standard only accepts obituaries placed through funeral homes. Effective June 1, 2018, all obituaries are subject to a $15 base fee plus 75 cents per word.
The headline is not included in the word count.
A standard-size photo of the deceased (1×1.5”) costs $25. Non-standard size pictures costs $35.
Only e-mailed submissions are accepted. The email address is
[email protected].
MS Word documents are preferred.
The deadline for submission is 4 p.m. the day before you would like the obituary to run.
Please direct any questions to the Business Office at 607-756-5665, ext. 149.
The Cortland Standard reserves the right to edit obituaries for style and content.
The newspaper also runs death notices, which are free; however, they include only the name, age and residence of the deceased, along with funeral and burial information.
For more information, visit
http://cortlandstandard.net/deaths-and-births/obituary-submission-policies/.
