To John and Susan Garretson, the thought of cremating their son in the conventional way was almost as excruciating as the memory of his death. On March 20, 2021, a police officer in Peachtree City, Ga ...

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 ...

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In short: A water cremation facility has opened in Hobart. Water Cremation is an end-of-life process which breaks down the body in a stainless steel drum filled with a solution heated to about 90C for ...

When a person dies in the United States, there are three (legal) options for putting his or her body to rest: burial, cremation, or medical donation. Burial was long the method of choice for those ...

Over the past four years, cremations have surpassed burials as the most popular end-of-life option in the United States, according to the National Funeral Directors Association. At the same time, ...

When her husband died, the woman saw no purpose in having a conventional funeral service and burial. The retired couple had been traveling the country together. Relatives and friends with no ties to ...

China did not release data on the number of cremation services held in the fourth quarter of 2022, blocking from public view a key indicator of death during the country’s first nationwide Covid-19 ...

Protests have broken out in China's southern Guizhou province after local authorities directed residents to opt for cremation ...

With names like Solace, Tulip and Eirene, start-ups are hoping to make cremation the next big at-home purchase. By Michael Waters Less than two hours after you book a cremation with Eirene, a start-up ...

A small Colorado town maintains the country’s only public outdoor funeral pyre. Philip Incao saw it as his own perfect ending. The cremation of Dr. Philip Incao at the country’s only public open-air ...

Researchers performed DNA testing on the bones highlighted in this image. Paumen, Wargnies and Demory / Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles / Veselka et al. Back in the 1970s, when archaeologists excavated ...