That might be literally true. When buried in the cemetery two years ago, Jake Miller was placed directly into the ground with no casket and no preservatives – just a wicker basket and a shroud. “He ...
Funerals are often one of life’s biggest... and last expenses. Planning ahead can be uncomfortable, but it can save money and help ease the burden on your loved ...
A proposed cemetery in Homer Township that would include natural, eco-friendly burials with no caskets has residents, many who use private water wells, concerned about the effects the development ...
PENROSE, Colo. (AP) — Authorities said Thursday they were investigating the improper storage of human remains at a southern Colorado funeral home that performs what they call “green” burials without ...
AUTHOR’S NOTE: Brooklyn-based funeral director Amy Cunningham is leading a new type of old funeral these days: green burials. Green burials are gaining traction among people who like “all things ...
The postmortem is in for this mortuary: It’s creepy as hell. The internet has turned ghostly white in response to one TikTok creator’s tour of an abandoned funeral home which, despite its demise, is ...
Not much stuns mortician Hari Close after embalming more than 12,000 bodies over 30 years. But Close was left speechless last spring when he was tasked with preparing the body of a man who had been ...
Not much stuns mortician Hari Close after embalming more than 12,000 bodies over 30 years. But Close was left speechless last spring when he was tasked with preparing the body of a man who had been ...
A family has found their forever home in the form of a former funeral home, with its embalming room and casket showroom still intact. Ashley Berken, 39, lives in Wisconsin with her wife, Beth, and ...