At the Cawley & Peoples Mortuary Museum in Marietta, Ohio, you can satisfy that curiosity without the awkwardness of asking inappropriate questions at an actual funeral. This hidden gem offers a ...

In the charming riverside town of Marietta, Ohio, there’s a place where the dearly departed are celebrated in the most fascinating way possible – the Cawley & Peoples Mortuary Museum, a treasure trove ...

As with so many other industries in East Cambridge, coffin-making was an example of a necessary activity whose production was ...

Visitors to New York’s Museum of Modern Art in 2013 could witness something surprising among the Picassos, Pollocks, and Monets. In a raised glass box in the lobby, atop a white mattress and ...

Mondays are often hectic in the casket business, and today is no exception. By 10:00 A.M., the company has one premium black walnut casket, a shaped oak and a shaped pine to get out the door ...

At St. Mary Major Basilica, his casket was met, according to his wishes, by dozens of Rome’s impoverished and needy, including prisoners, migrants, homeless and transgender people.

Cardinal Roger M. Mahony, who was accused of covering up cases of abuse as archbishop of Los Angeles, will have an official role in the ceremonies around Francis’ funeral.

The viewing ends Friday at 7 p.m., after which Francis’ casket will be closed and sealed. Pope Francis' coffin is transferred to St Peter's Basilica for three days of lying in state. Vatican ...

The Swiss Guard. Two members of the Pontifical Swiss Guard flank Francis’s coffin, holding halberds and representing in part the pope’s role as the leader of a sovereign state.

And modern medicine hasn’t totally thwarted tales of being buried alive. ... Patent No. 5,353,609 granted on October 11, 1994 to Ruby Hall for a “Casket Jewelry Guard Apparatus” ...