A year after my mother died, my family spread some of her ashes off the Irish coast and decided to spread the remaining ashes later. That was in 2011. When my father died four years later, he also ...

COVID-19 victims being cremated at the Seemapuri crematorium in New Delhi. Photo by Amal KS/Hindustan Times via Getty Images India is breaking records for daily new COVID-19 cases, and death tolls are ...

In her nightstand, Leslie Grisanti has a spent shell casing packed with her father's ashes. It's a keepsake from the military gun salute that honored the former Marine at his memorial service. She ...

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 ...

Death isn't something most people want to think about. In fact, many people do not prioritize making funerary choices at all. But for those approaching the end of life or caring for loved ones ...

More people are turning away from traditional funerals, and since the pandemic began, there has been a rising demand for alternative burial options. Now, a new alternative to the cemetery might be ...

Archaeologists have discovered the 3,300-year-old cremated remains of at least eight people who were buried in five urns in Scotland. While it's unknown how they died, it was likely during some sort ...

WITH THE CORONER, WHO IS NOW ASKING FOR HELP. THIS IS WHERE SPRING VALLEY FUNERAL AND CREMATION SERVICE WAS OPERATING IN NEW ALBANY BEFORE THE STATE SHUT THE PLACE DOWN. SO IF YOU CALL, YOU WON’T GET ...

A cluster of tightly packed cremation urns on a quiet Scottish hillside is forcing archaeologists to rethink how people died, and mourned, in the late Bronze Age. The 3,300-year-old remains, uncovered ...