For many of us who grew up in a time when traditional burials were the norm, the idea of cremation can feel unfamiliar — even ...

Americans have choices not only about how to live and what religion to embrace but they also have choices regarding their own deaths. Such choices as below -- and above -- ground burials and cremation ...

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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 ...

Fred and Margaret, of Clifton, N.J., died one month apart during the winter. The couple, whose last name their children asked not to divulge, met in high school and were married for 69 years. They ...

The staff at a temple in Thailand were shocked after they heard faint knocking from inside a coffin that a family member ...

Fred and Margaret, of Clifton, died one month apart this winter. The couple, whose last name their children asked to protect, met in high school and were married for 69 years. They were inseparable.