Obituary Guide 2016
Seacoast Media Group
111 New Hampshire Ave.
Portsmouth, NH 03801
Standard Obituary
Extended Obituary
Services
The Portsmouth Herald, Foster’s Daily Democrat,
Exeter News-Letter, Hampton Union, The York
Weekly, York County Coast Star, Rochester Times
and Sanford News will provide all families with a
100-word standard obituary FREE OF CHARGE.
This standard obituary should include the name of
the deceased, age, address, date of death and birth
and names of immediate family members, whether
they survive or are deceased.
A standard obituary does not include details about
funeral services or memorials.
If families want to share more information about
their loved ones than fits in a standard 100-word
obituary, they may do so at a cost of $1.50 per word
beyond the 100-word limit for the Portsmouth
Herald, Foster’s Daily Democrat, Exeter NewsLetter and Hampton Union, and $1.00 per word
above limit for The York Weekly, York County
Coast Star, Rochester Times and Sanford News
and $1.95 per word above the limit for Seacoast
Sunday.
The cost of listing services is $75 for up to 75
words in any daily or weekly publications and
$97.50 for up to 75 words in Seacoast Sunday.
There will be an additional charges if the services
listing appears in another paper or edition.
The death notice will include only name, age,
address and date of death, as well as details
about calling hours, funeral or memorial service,
interment, suggestions for memorial donations
and the funeral home’s name and address.
Sample Extended Obituary
Sample Standard Obituary
PORTSMOUTH — John Doe, 83, of
Portsmouth, died Monday, April 19, 2016,
at Porsmouth Regional Hospital following a
period of failing health.
Born in Worcester, Mass., on May 12,
1920, he was the son of John and Jayne Doe.
He is survived by his wife, Betty of
Portsmouth; son Jack and his wife, Kathy,
of Kittery, Maine; daughter Lynn Racine of
Sarasota, Fla.; son Matthew and his partner,
Bill, of York, Maine; daughter Pamela and
her husband, Carl Goodman, of Stratham;
and son Robert of Boston, Mass.; 11
grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren.
He was predeceased by his siter, Muriel
Doe Johnson.
Other Services
Photographs
1 column premium photo can be added to
any publication at a rate of $50.
Family Notice
Families may submit their own obituaries to
run as presented at a cost of $1.50 per word
in the Portsmouth Herald, Foster’s Daily
Democrat, Hampton Union and Exeter
News-Letter; the rate is $1.00 per word in
The York Weekly, York County Coast Star,
Rochester Times and Sanford News, and the
rate is $1.95 per word in Seacoast Sunday.
Family notices are distinguished by a border
and a “Family Notice” label.
PORTSMOUTH — John Doe, 83, of
Portsmouth, died Monday, April 19, 2016,
at Porsmouth Regional Hospital following a
period of failing health.
Born in Worcester, Mass., on May 12,
1920, he was the son of John and Jayne Doe.
He is survived by his wife, Betty of
Portsmouth; son Jack and his wife, Kathy,
of Kittery, Maine; daughter Lynn Racine of
Sarasota, Fla.; son Matthew and his partner,
Bill, of York, Maine; daughter Pamela and
her husband, Carl Goodman, of Stratham;
and son Robert of Boston, Mass.; 11
grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren.
He was predeceased by his siter, Muriel
Doe Johnson.
He enjoyed membership in a number of
organizations, including being founder and
past president of the Mount Agamenticus
Chowder and Marching Society in York
Beach, Maine, and past president of the
Federal Employee Veterans Association,
Wentworth PTA, and the Nation
Association of Government Employees at
the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. he was
also a lifetime member of the Kittery/
Eliot Veterans of Foreign Wars and Eliot
American Legion Post 188. he was a 40year communicant of St. Raphael Parish in
Kittery.
He enjoyed being a musician,
entertaining many fans.
A premium services announcement is available at
a rate of $1.5 per word beyond the 75-word limit in
the Portsmouth Herald, Foster’s Daily Democrat,
Exeter News-Letter and Hampton Union, and
$1.00 per word above the limit in The York Weekly,
York County Coast Star, Rochester Times and
Sanford News, and $1.95 per word above the limit
for Seacoast Sunday.
Sample Services Notice
SERVICES: A Mass of Christian burial will
be celebrated at 10 a.m. Saturday, April
23, 2016, at his church, St. Raphael Parish
Church on Whipple Road in Kittery, Maine
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may
be made in his memory to the York Hospital
Friend Raising Program, 15 Hospital
Drive, York ME 03909. Arrangements are
entrusted to the Smith Funeral Home of
Kittery.
Second-Day
Obituary Notice
Additional
Publication Notice
Families wishing to run a notice a second
time and in the same publication may do so
at the same cost of the first day. Weekday
Portsmouth Herald and Foster’s Daily
Democrat repeat rate does not apply to
Seacoast Sunday.
Families wishing to run a notice in an
additional SMG publication may do so for an
additional charge based on publication rates
above.
Online Publication
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call (603) 516-2984
Pricing includes online Publication of Notice
on either Seacoastonline.com or fosters.com
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