Thousands of college courses on dying and mortality are being held nationwide—and teaching lessons about life.

First there was Slow Food. Now come slow funerals. On a recent frigid Sunday at the Park Slope Food Coop,...

Casket obesity it apparently a major issue in Pennsylvania. Our friend Caleb Wilde posted this picture yesterday on Instagram.

Hollywood Forever’s story really starts with Jules Roth, who was born in 1900, a year after the cemetery opened. He...

The FTC conducts undercover inspections every year to make sure that funeral homes are complying with the agency’s Funeral Rule....

Sam Bruhl’s grandfather Walter George Bruhl, Jr. passed away on Sunday. Sam says… Typical of my PopPop: he cut out...

Lynn Isenberg’s THE FUNERAL PLANNER, the entrepreneurial romantic comedy trilogy novel series has just been released as a ‘freemium edition’...

Those funeral home owners who recognize the importance of adjusting their business model to meet the needs of the cost-conscious...

Most people in the funeral profession will tell you the same thing: Baby Boomers don’t want a traditional send off,...

The National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) and the American Association of Tissue Banks (AATB) have released updated guidelines to help...