A relatively new method of disposition is growing in popularity in Southern New England, despite not yet being legal in ...

Tom Tierney was born into the funeral home business. He took over the John F. Tierney Funeral Home in Manchester in 2020 and was looking for ways to provide more for patrons. Last year, he started The ...

CNN — Family members gathered to say their goodbyes to anti-apartheid hero Desmond Tutu at a private service at St. George's Cathedral on Sunday, where his ashes were interred in Cape Town and laid to ...

Stephen Page isn't "green enough" to trade in his car for a bike, but he does like efficiency. So when he found out about a new cremation option that can reduce his body to ashes without burning and ...

There are many ways to embark on the journey to the great beyond. One popular custom is the coffin burial. Or rather it was, until cemeteries began running out of ground space. And conventional ...

Necklaces filled with remains sit on the counter at Nelson Family Mortuary in Orem. Because green cremation produces powder-like bone remains, these could be used for green cremation remains as well. ...

Traditional means of cremation, and the only legal method in Texas, is with the use of a furnace, which burns the human remains into ashes and mineral fragments, which most times are transferred to an ...

In addition to having myriad health benefits, floating in a tub of water is super relaxing. So, why not carry that feeling with you into the great beyond? Water cremation is the newest trend in body ...

When Phil Olson was 20, he earned money in the family business by draining the blood from corpses. Using a long metal instrument, he sucked the fluid out of the organs, and pumped the empty space and ...

Feng shui. Cremation gardens. Green burials. As more Americans move away from traditional burial practices, the funeral industry is adapting with more options. In Orange County, where available land ...

Dear Savvy Senior: What can you tell me about green funeral options? At age 80, I would like to pre-plan my funeral and make it as natural as possible. — Old Environmentalist Dear Environmentalist: ...

Dear Savvy Senior: What can you tell me about green funeral options? At age 80, I would like to preplan my funeral and make it as natural as possible. — Old Environmentalist Dear Environmentalist: ...