The Living Cocoon enriches the soil as it biodegrades, turning burial ceremonies into small acts of generosity toward the ...

A Virginia family has filed a lawsuit against a local funeral home claiming negligence in the way their loved one was ...

His funeral takes place Friday at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in midtown Manhattan. A wake was held Tuesday at a church in Harlem, the upper Manhattan neighborhood where Rangel, nicknamed the “Lion of ...

Note: Some of the details in this story are disturbing. CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — A Chesapeake family has filed a lawsuit ...

The humble Yup’ik mother and midwife known as Matushka Olga is now officially a saint in the Orthodox church, after a ...

The tradition of displaying the deceased ahead of a funeral is hardly unique, but certain Ghanaian communities elevate the ...

The New Jersey State Legislature is on the verge of legalizing human composting, a process that transforms bodies into soil.

No other player among the Big Red Machine's lineup of superstars can claim greater individual impact on how the game has been ...

Cremation is a popular alternative to burial that's becoming more common, but just how long does the whole process take from ...

The National Funeral Directors Association predicts cremations in Iowa will be 77 percent of the dispositions of bodies by ...

A grieving mother is suing a funeral home after her son’s body was allegedly ‘consumed by clumps of maggots’ during a viewing ...

Tucked away in Houston’s northern reaches sits a museum that gives new meaning to the phrase “deadly serious” – the National Museum of Funeral History. This isn’t your typical “let’s go see some ...