Obituaries
The Challis Messenger provides several options for obituary listings both in print and online.
Funeral Homes
Funeral homes submitting an obituary,please click here.
Full Obituaries
Full obituaries include text about the deceased either sent in by families or funeral homes. These can vary in length considerably, depending on what is submitted. The cost of a full obituary depends upon its length and whether photos are included.
Photos
The cost is included in the column inch charge for area taken up by the use of 1 or 2 photos (usually about 1.5 inches per photo). Obituary photos are printed in color.
Online listing
All obituaries are uploaded to The Challis Messenger website and on Legacy.com.
Submitting an obituary
To submit an obituary, death notice or celebration of life notice:
Funeral homes should visit Memoriams.com.
Private parties or family members can submit an obituary at https://placement.memoriams.com/ChallisMessenger/Obituary.
Common to all types of obituary listings
The Challis Messenger covers Custer, Lemhi and Butte counties.
Deadline
Prints on Thursday; deadline is at noon Monday of the same week.
