“By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return.” —Genesis 3:19 This Old Testament quote ...

WHITEHALL TOWNSHIP — For generations, the Beidler family has helped inter loved ones in their final resting places, but economics and shifting preferences toward cremation are forcing the business to ...

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 ...

JACKSONVILLE BEACH - As cremations have become as common as burial plots in Florida, Jacksonville Beach has found an elegant way to accommodate the urns of loved ones' remains in the Lee Kirkland ...

Durango death care professional discusses different natural interment options and their availability in La Plata County Many people avoid thinking about what happens to their remains after they die.

"We'd made up our minds years before we actually needed it," his widow, Sandy, said. "The world is so full now -- without a lot of cemetery plots taking up more space." After his death last September ...

I’d thought it was as simple as burial versus cremation: a dichotomy for my final wishes, a straightforward decision made easier by limited options. It didn’t take much time for me to realize I was ...

As Americans make all sorts of new year’s resolutions to better themselves, here’s a unique resolution that betters society: pledging one’s body to science. Yet, as selfless as doing that may sound, ...