The small, family run companies that make traditional memorialization products like gravestones are facing the dual ...

When planning a funeral for a loved one, or for yourself, cremation may be presented as an alternative to burial. In terms of the expense involved, the average cremation cost can range from $1,500 to ...

According to the Cremation Association of North America (CANA), 56 percent of Americans who died in 2020 were cremated. That's more than twice the rate two decades ago. From The Washington Post: ...

When families that want cremation walk into Bradshaw Funeral & Cremation Services in Stillwater, Minn., they’re presented two options: fire or water. Bradshaw is one of only two funeral homes in the U ...

Cremation is now the most popular option for final disposition. Cremation was used in 54 percent of deaths in 2019, according to the National Funeral Directors Association. They project that to rise ...

Funeral directors in 15 states can now offer "water cremation," in which bodies are dissolved in a chemical solution. Some see it as more eco-friendly and less traumatic than consumption by flame. As ...

Families may keep a “minimal” part of the ashes in a place of significance to the deceased, but the remainder must be placed in a sacred place such as a cemetery. By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from ...

ATLANTA - Even death isn't immune to the lousy economy. People keep dying, of course, but the recession and its aftermath force families to find cheaper ways to send loved ones into the hereafter. The ...

DULUTH, Minn. - Walking into a cemetery, you might see gravestones in the shape of benches. A cross is drawn on a monument in what looks like lipstick. One has baby blue yarn wrapped around it.

A North Queensland funeral home has developed a world-first water-spray alternative to cremation that leaves half a cup of liquid DNA instead of ashes. There has already been interest in the ...