Pioneer Press Requires 3:45 PM Deadline for Telemundo Live Obituaries
telemundo live obituary and memoriam submissions to the Pioneer Press now hinge on a same-day deadline: content and payment must arrive by 3:45 PM or 1:30 PM. Anyone trying to place a notice has to build around those cutoff times first, because the paper will not move a notice into print without payment in hand.
651-228-5263 and verification
The obituary desk can be reached at 651-228-5263, and that is the number readers need if they want to start a notice or update an online obituary. A name and phone number for the funeral home or cremation society is required, and the paper must be able to contact that business during business hours to verify the death.
A death certificate also works for verification, and only one of those two options is necessary. If a funeral home site or a family email is being used for contact, the Pioneer Press will accept that route as well. The restriction on other media references is unusually strict: the paper is not allowed to reference a guestbook or an obituary placed elsewhere when the notice is being placed in print and online.
Proof before publication
Before publication, the Pioneer Press sends a proof by fax or email for review. That proof includes the price and the days the notice is scheduled to appear, which gives families one last chance to catch problems before the notice runs. Errors or changes have to be reported before publication, and the paper says it is not responsible for errors that happen after final proofing.
For readers handling an online obituary, changes can still be made through the obituary desk. That matters because the process is split in two: the print notice is locked once the proof passes, while the online version still has an editing path through the desk.
Memoriams and payment rules
Memoriam submissions are remembrances of a loved one who has died, and their rates differ from obituary rates. Payment has to be made before publication, and credit card payments are accepted by phone only because of PCI regulations. EFT payment is also accepted, but it must be handled by check by phone with a routing number and account number ready.
The practical move is simple: gather the funeral home or cremation society contact, prepare payment the same day, and watch the 3:45 PM or 1:30 PM cutoff. For families trying to publish in the Pioneer Press, the deadline is not the last step — it is the step that decides whether the notice makes that day’s paper at all.
