Who is responsible for funeral notices or an obituary?
The family should designate someone to write an appropriate funeral notice which can be filed by you with the New York Times on a fee basis by telephone or fax. The notice should announce the death, as well as date and time of the person’s funeral or memorial service. These are published daily. Larger obituaries of prominent persons are published by the newspaper at its discretion and on its own schedule, with material submitted by the family subject to the paper’s editorial decisions. Notices through other papers in or beyond New York City should be filed by contacting the particular paper’s obituary department. Often, a funeral director will be able to assist with these contacts.
