Sandra Burnum's brother was dying of cancer, and to help the family prepare, she inquired with the funeral home in his small Oregon town about the cost of a cremation. The price, which included ...

Cremation is now the most popular option for final disposition. Cremation was used in 54 percent of deaths in 2019, according to the National Funeral Directors Association. They project that to rise ...

Those who are considering cremation as their final disposition are not alone. Cremations have been steadily increasing in the United States for decades. A recent report by the National Funeral ...

When Robert Boetticher, Jr., was in mortuary school in the 1980s, his teachers barely mentioned cremation. And that mindset was reflected in the funeral homes he managed in California the following ...

On December 6, 1876, in the tiny village of Washington, Pennsylvania, an Austrian-born immigrant named Baron Joseph Henry Louis Charles De Palm became the recipient of what is described as the first ...

At 9 p.m. on New Year’s Day, Samantha Sieber was in her pajamas and watching a movie with her kids when the first call about Desmond Tutu came in. “I answered my cell phone, and it was BBC World News, ...

When people often think of their final wishes here in the Northwest, they usually think of cremation then burial. That is why in 1999, Virgil T. Golden Funeral Service installed their own crematory in ...

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 ...

A funeral worker has shared an insight into her industry—including what's left over after a cremation. Jordan, from Tuscan, Arizona, has been sharing videos online under what she's dubbed "mortuary ...

The death care industry is a bustling $17 billion per year industry in the United States. Due to many factors, cremation has grown in popularity by leaps and bounds. Opening a crematorium is a ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... At 1:05 a.m. on a crisp February morning in Boulder, 52-year-old Sheila Luna laid her head back on the hospital bed in her moonlit living room, closed her ...