GCJ.News publishes obituaries of people who were residents or had personal connections to the greater Ephrata/Soap Lake area. There is no charge for this service, but we are a nonprofit news organization and we hope you will consider making a donation to support community journalism. 

Obituaries of up to 500 words and a photo may be submitted by email to admin@gcj.news by a funeral home or surviving family member providing their name, relationship, email address, and daytime telephone number for confirmation. GCJ.News reserves the right to make minor edits for grammar, spelling, and length, but will not be responsible for overall accuracy of content. 

In submissions, the text copy should be in a Word document and a photo should be in a digital JPEG format. 

GCJ.News will strive to post obituaries online within 96 hours of their submission, excluding weekends and holidays.

Obituary announcements could include the following information: 

Full name of the deceased, ate of death, age, city and state of residence at the time of death, city and state where death occurred, length of residency and/or connection to the local community, parents’ names (including mother’s maiden name if known), date/location of birth, education, occupation(s), date/location of marriage and maiden name (if applicable), military service, organizations/community activities/church affiliations, interests/hobbies, preceded in death by (parents and/or immediate family members), survived by (parents, children, siblings, total number of grandchildren/great-grandchildren), funeral/memorial service date, time, location, officiating, name/location of funeral home handling any arrangements, location of cemetery, interment, inurnment, information on memorials, donations, endowments, etc.