Submit an Obituary

The Buckeye Flame believes that individuals and families should not bear the financial burden of announcing the death of a loved one or celebrating their life. We provide this service of publishing obituaries to Ohio’s LGBTQ+ community free of charge in order to help ease the burden and allow our community to focus on healing and remembrance of LGBTQ+ Ohioans. We believe this is an important part of our mission to amplify the voices of LGBTQ+ Ohioans, in our ongoing efforts to chronicle our triumphs, struggles and lived experiences.

Obituary Details

The Buckeye Flame typically does not edit submitted obituaries, although we reserve the right to make minor grammatical, spelling, or formatting corrections.

Category(Required)

Name(Required)

Prefix First Middle Last Suffix

Date of Birth(Required)

Please include the deceased’s date of birth, i.e. Dec 25, 1990.

Date of Death(Required)

Please include the deceased’s date of death, i.e. Dec 25, 1990.

Last Location Lived(Required)

City State / Province / Region

Featured Image(Required)

Accepted file types: jpeg, jpg, png

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Excerpt(Required)

A short summary, highlight, or quote about the deceased. Keep it concise, around 1 – 2 sentences. This will be displayed prominently at the top of the obituary.

Obituary Body(Required)

We accept obituaries of up to 3,000 characters (500-ish words). Use this to provide a more detailed and comprehensive obituary. This is where you can include things like a brief bio of the deceased’s life; details about their career, hobbies, and family; and quotes or anecdotes that capture their spirit.

Would you like to include details about the funeral or celebration of life?(Required)

Yes

Service Details

Officiant's Name

Date of Service(Required)

Time of Service(Required)

Name of Funeral Home or Service Location

Address(Required)

Street Address City State / Province / Region

Website URL

Feel free to include a link in the obituary listing that takes readers to a funeral home website, a donation/tribute page, an online guestbook, memorial page/virtual candle, etc.

Contact Details

Your contact details will not be included in the obituary listing. This is strictly for The Buckeye Flame’s records.

Your Name(Required)

First Last

Your Email(Required)

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Phone(Required)

Verification

Before we can publish an obituary, we must verify the passing of the deceased with a licensed party for our records. If you are not working with a funeral home, the name and number of a mortuary or crematorium will also be sufficient. The information provided for verification purposes will remain private; we will not publish it in the obituary.

Name of funeral home/mortuary/crematorium(Required)

Phone number of funeral home/mortuary/crematorium(Required)

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