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Free obituaries: Obituaries of people who lived in Juneau or nearby communities served by the Juneau Empire are printed free in our newspaper and on juneauempire.com. The Empire treats obituaries as news and they will be edited to conform with our standards for content and style. These obituaries must be submitted by 10 a.m. for inclusion in the next
day's newspaper Monday-Friday. Obituaries must be submitted by 3 p.m. Friday to be included in Sunday's newspaper. We do our best to get every obituary in as soon as possible, but due to competing space needs, inclusion on a specific day is not guaranteed.
Because this is a free service, the Empire is only able to print obituaries up to 450 words in order to provide equal space.

Paid obituaries: The Empire runs other obituaries as paid advertisements, such as those for people who did not live in Juneau and those where families or friends want specific wording or information not normally listed.

How to contact us:
Call 586-3740; write Juneau Empire, 3100 Channel Dr., Juneau, AK 99801; fax 586-3028; or e-mail nrclerk@juneauempire.com. Or stop by 8 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays. All written information must provide a daytime contact phone number and name. We regret we cannot take obituaries over the telephone.

For free obituaries:
Information submitted must include:
• The person's name.
• Their status as a current or former resident of Juneau or a nearby community.
• When and where they died.
• Their age at death.
• When and where they were born (An exact birth date is optional. If you have concerns about possible identity theft, please include just the year the person was born.)
• A list of survivors and relatives who preceded them in death.
• Time, date and location of services.

Optional information:
• Personal details such as when and where they went to school or college, when and where they worked, when they came to Juneau, and when and where they married.
• Information about hobbies, club memberships and military service.
• A short anecdote illustrating their life.
• Where donations or memorials can be made, including an address.
• How to contact the family.

Information we don't print:
• Thanks to health care workers, friends, etc. These can run separately as a free "card of thanks" handled by Empire classified ads. Call 586-3740 and ask for classified for more information.
• Bible or other religious or poetic passages or selections.
• Names of pets as survivors.

Photographs:
Photos can be submitted as prints, on disc or in e-mailed images, and will be cropped to show the person's face. Photocopies, photos on Web sites or group photos where the person cannot be separated from the group cannot be used.

Death notices:
When full information is not available, or space is limited but services are within a day, the Empire will run a short death notice. A full obituary will be printed at a later date.

Multiple listings:
Other than death notices, obituaries will only be printed once.

SAMPLE OBITUARY:
Thomas Daniel Friedman
Juneau resident Thomas Daniel Friedman died March 30, 2002, in Juneau.

He was born in 1948, in Portland, Ore. He graduated from Benson High School in Portland in 1966. He served in Vietnam from 1967-69.

His loved driving, flying sailplanes and riding Honda three wheelers. He especially loved sailing, whether it was one of his radio control boats on Twin Lakes or his 40-foot sailboat, the Taku Wind. "He was happiest when he was sailing on a sunny day with his wife, kids and friends from work," his family wrote.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Daniel Lee Friedman and Betty Ann (Nulsen) Friedman.

He is survived by his high school sweetheart and wife of 30 years, Alice Friedman of Juneau; his daughter Danielle (and Michael) Cooley of Anchorage; his cousins Peggy and Jack Nulsen of Oregon and grandchildren Deandra and Stephen of Anchorage.

No services will be held as per his wishes. He was cremated and his ashes will be scattered over the Columbia River in Oregon.

For paid obituaries: Contact the advertising department at 586-3740.