How to Find or Place an Obituary on Times Leader

Times Leader, the Wilkes-Barre, PA news site, handles obituaries in two separate places: a View Obituaries link for reading published notices and a Place an Obituary link for submitting one. Both are listed in the site's navigation and footer, so you don't need an account to reach either entry point. What differs is the path after that: reading is a browse-and-search task, while placing a notice is a submission task that may route you to a form or contact channel.

Finding an obituary

Start from the Obituaries section rather than the general site search. The navigation lists Obituaries, with View Obituaries as the direct entry to the notices themselves.

A practical sequence:

1. Open the Obituaries link from the main navigation or footer.
2. Choose View Obituaries to see the current listings.
3. Search by the deceased's name if a search field is available on the listing page.
4. If the person died some time ago, check the site's Archive section, since older notices may no longer appear in the current list.

The expected result is a listing of published obituaries; selecting one opens the full notice. If a name doesn't appear, the notice may not have been published through Times Leader, or it may have moved out of the current listing window.

Placing an obituary

Submission uses a different link: Place an Obituary, also in the navigation. The site presents this as a distinct action from reading notices, and it sits alongside other community submission options such as Submit Anniversary, Submit Birth, and Submit Wedding.

Before you start, have the essentials ready:

• Full name and age of the deceased
• Dates of birth and death
• Survivors and predeceased family members
• Service details (visitation, funeral, burial)
• The funeral home's contact information, if one is involved
• A photo, if you want one included

Then follow the Place an Obituary link and complete the submission route it opens. The site also offers a general Contact Us page and online forms, which are the fallback if the obituary link doesn't lead to a working form. Expect the notice to be reviewed and formatted before it appears; don't assume same-day publication.

Common sticking points

• Confusing the two links. "View Obituaries" is for reading; "Place an Obituary" is for submitting. Using the wrong one is the most frequent source of confusion.
• Assuming a form exists. The site lists contact and online-form options generally, so if the obituary submission page is unclear, use Contact Us and ask for the obituary desk.
• Missing the deadline. Because notices are typically edited and scheduled, confirm timing with the obituary contact before a service date.
• Cost questions. The site's pricing signals point to subscriptions and single-edition purchases, not obituary rates. Ask about any placement fee directly when you submit rather than inferring it from the subscription pages.

Reading vs. placing at a glance

Both paths are reachable from the same navigation, so the main decision is simply which of the two you need.