ARKANSAS, USA — Among the unenviable tasks a funeral director has to perform is guiding the grief-stricken through one of the saddest times of their lives and then handing them a bill indicative of ...

If you died 200 years ago in America, your family would wash and dress your body and place it in a bed surrounded by candles to dampen the smell of decomposition. Your immediate family and friends ...

RALEIGH (WTVD) -- Two things are for certain in this world: we're all going to be born and we're all going to die. It's true. Death is inevitable. But the hardest concept surrounding death is dying.

After death, some Marylanders are choosing to become soil instead of ashes ...

Dear Savvy Senior: How much does a typical funeral and burial cost today? My wife and I are interested in prearranging our funerals but would like to have an idea of costs before going in so we can ...

When considering funeral arrangements, the major choices used to come down to burial or cremation. Now many funeral homes will ask if you prefer to skip embalming, have your body wrapped simply in a ...

The eco-friendly generation who spent their lives recycling are forgoing brass caskets and concrete burial tombs in an effort to reduce their final carbon footprint. "Baby boomers who were raised with ...

If you died 200 years ago in America, your family would wash and dress your body and place it in a bed surrounded by candles to dampen the smell of decomposition. Your immediate family and friends ...