How should families choose between green burial and cremation when planning end-of-life arrangements? That question is explored in detail in a HelloNation article, which features insights from Funeral ...

Each method is a way to say goodbye. From grand ceremonies to quiet memorials, the final send-off is a significant aspect of many cultures. Among the most common practices are burials, funerals, and ...

Americans are more likely to choose cremation over burial. It is cheaper, simpler, saves space, and some people like the idea of having their ashes scattered over a favorite place. Funeral directors ...

Data: National Funeral Directors Association; Map: Danielle Alberti/Axios Californians appear to increasingly prefer cremation to burial, reflecting a nationwide shift that reverses a norm from two ...

The memorial service he arranged for a local jazz musician after the cremation is a point of pride for Stephen Kemp of Haley Funeral Directors in Southfield, Michigan. “I cleared out half of my chapel ...

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A funeral typically costs between $6,280 and $8,300. Being buried is more expensive than being cremated because there's an extra cost for a cemetery plot and a headstone, which is usually around ...

The rate of cremation in Kentucky increased from 12.3% in 2011 to 40.3% last year for reasons that include price and changes in religious identity. Kenneth Earl Wilson, who had worked at a bank and in ...

I write these words after far too many tears have been shed together with bereaved families—families placed in painful and often avoidable situations simply because the right conversations did not ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Most people thinking of end-of-life arrangements have faced a choice: traditional burial or flame cremation? But there is a third option, and it's being used locally in Palm ...