Funeral planning is hard, but consumer advocates say you still need to keep your guard up, especially when it comes to buying a casket. Joshua Slocum with the Funeral Consumers Alliance says some ...

With an ever-growing list of ways to deal with human remains, it can be hard to know which method is best for the Earth. Most of us try to be responsible global citizens while we’re alive. We sort ...

A solemn burial ceremony was briefly disrupted when a casket accidentally slipped into the grave, leaving mourners visibly shaken and distressed Family members and friends had gathered around the ...

When her 95-year-old grandmother died in July 2023, Marva Lynch was in charge of the funeral plans. Lynch provided Donald Trimble Mortuary with the clothing and wig that Lucy Mae Johnson was to wear ...

Heather Beasley Doyle is a journalist, writer, and editor based in Arlington. A hush settles over Mary Lauren Fraser’s workshop in Western Massachusetts on a November morning as five students ...