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Comments 0 | Recommend 0GENERAL INFORMATION
1. Editorial obituaries are published without charge. They are
intended for current residents, people who have lived in the Colorado
Springs area within the last five years, former residents with local
services, or former residents who have lived the majority of their
lives in the Colorado Springs area.
2. Editorial obituaries contain only this information: name,
age, occupation, immediate survivors, visitation, service and burial
information.
DEFINITIONS
1. Occupation is the person's job or career, including service
in the military and work in the home. This does not include clubs,
churches, organizations, sororities, hobbies, volunteer work or
education. Some exceptions are: If the deceased is in school full time,
we will list the occupation as student. If the deceased was a
volunteer, that is what we will list. We do not list the organizations
that the deceased volunteered for. If the deceased owned a business, we
will list as business owner. We do not list the name of the business.
2. Survivors are only the immediate family: spouse, sons,
daughters, stepsons, stepdaughters, adopted sons, adopted daughters,
parents, stepparents, brothers, sisters, stepbrothers, stepsisters,
companion, grandparents, (great and great-great, if applicable). We do
not list where survivors live or where the deceased was married.
Parents, stepparents, grandparents, siblings and stepsiblings are
listed only if the deceased is a child or these are the only surviving
relatives. We do not list parents or siblings if a spouse and/or the
children survive the deceased. We do not list grandparents if parents
and siblings or spouse and/or children survive the deceased. Also if
the deceased is survived by their children and a companion, the
children are listed first, followed by the companion.
If you need further information, please email deathnotices@gazette.com.
For advertising obituaries that can include more comprehensive information and a photograph click on the "Guidelines for a Paid Obituaries" link on the right.
