Gannett, a true bastion of journalism. FFS.

Gannett is cancer, but I like this, despite what the purists might think.

I only recently learned that funeral homes also offer a variety of services for pets. Including home pick up and cremation.

https://www.mercadantefuneral.com/articles

https://www.meaningfulfunerals.net/fh_live/14700/14794/media/Pet-Crematrion-prices--1-.pdf

I just rolled my eyes so hard that I can see backward in time. Thanks, OP.

Gotta pay the bills somehow.

Dear Clementine, gone too soon.

I will remember to do this when my goldfish Harvey gets flushed!

I see the downvotes and I've been forced to reconsider. It turns out that you're right. Gannett is a fine organization and pet obituaries are a fine priority for the only regional newspaper of note.

I will light many candles that day for you.

Gannett is garbage, but since obits are basically ads and this is a separate section, I'm okay with it.

That's really nice. 💙

This is so sweet!

Me too. As CoolAbdul says these are paid notices and are customer submitted. Gannett just collects the money which I bet is average $200.

Anything for a 💵

It's the Sunday paper, usually a lot of it is printed from The Boston Globe.

“He was a good fish…”

I’ve heard from folks that work there that Gannett brought in someone to teach reporters how to “interview” pets. I’m not fucking kidding.

I really like that, I would have put my cat and dog in there three years ago. I am looking forward to the day that I make my marriage announcement there, now I just need to find my future spouse!

A couple years ago, in the midst of the pandemic, we lost one of our cats while at home one day. I called Mercadante and they were as sympathetic, caring, and respectful as can be. Had me come in with my beloved wrapped in her favorite blankies, they so carefully helped me place her in a box of the proper size, and took her to be cremated. A couple days later I picked her up in a beautiful wooden "urn" and I can see her from where I'm sitting right now.

I never knew this either until I was struggling with the loss and numbly looked on the internet.

What a joke! I’ll submit my obituary for my dump that I had this morning.

Poor Clementine :-(. That’s kinda young for a cat

I know, that’s young for a cat

My parents seemed to have horrible luck with cats. We tried adopting 3 different times and none of them lived long lives- 3 years at the most. I remember I was like 10 and new neighbors moved in upstairs that had a 20 year old cat. Was floored.

Parents ended up with a dog that lived 18 very happy and healthy years.