STOP CHARGING MONEY to print obituaries!

"I have emailed Mike Lewis of Times Mail and he knows how I feel. Why is a lengthly wedding considered an announcement but a death is considered a "Paid Advertisement"."

"It is a disgrace to try to make money off of the grieving family members left behind. Your newspaper is getting to be one BIG paid advertisement!! After reading about PAID obituaries, I turn the page and there is an ad for the Beautiful Baby Contest whe"

"I think this is something the newspaper should be embarrassed about. Onions to whomever had the idea!"

"Please try to be a little more considerate of the people of this community. They have lived their lives in this county. They have raised their families with the morals and values taught by our ancestors who founded our town. As a justice to the people who"

"Funeral costs are high.This is as additional burden for those who have no insurance or minimal insurance.It is helpful to those who do genealogical research.I always don't know the deceased, but will recognize survivors.It surely does not increase the cos"

"I do not think it is very wise to charge for an obituary and then have both in the paper the same day. It looks really stupid and takes up room that could be used to other news"

"It seems silly to me to charge for obituaries, as little news that is published in the newspaper anyway, there should be plent of room for an appropriate obituary"

"I am going to cancel my paper at the end of this month. If money is all you care about if enough people canceled their papers you could worry more about money."

"I don't like you policy. It is rediculous - "

"I think that is really stupid. Come on, when people are griving for a loved one all they need is to know that they not only need to pay for the funeral,but now they have the thought of having to pay to put their loved one in the paper. I think that you s"

"I'm from Indiana and most of my family still lives there. I would hate to think that any one of them would not be recognized in the obits because of affordability."

"This seems so unfair."

"This is most in humane thing i have ever heard of. "

"You are still puting a "cheap" obituary in the paper. I feel that the only reason there is a charge now, is to take up space in the paper. Instead of having one obituary you can have two. "

" It's pretty bad when the dollar is more inportant than the people you serve that already pays for your paper."

"Bad idea to charge for obits..."

"We have stopped taking your paper over this issue."