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There’s nothing unusual about planning for death. Lots of people write a will and some even set aside money to...

The owners of a Chicago funeral home are offering to pay rent for a year to provide a home for...

So last week as I was leading a procession from the funeral home to the cemetery, I took notice of...

1) Not traveling when you had the chance. Traveling gets harder as you get older, as more people depend on...

My Facebook page is starting to see timeline activity related to the #IceBucketChallenge. Why me? My father died from ALS...

Sometimes, even in death, the best person to get the job done is yourself. We figure that's what led Margaret...

The Threshold Choir brings music to those on the threshold of life — people who are dying. The first group...

It was bound to happen and before it is all over it will happen to just about everybody on Facebook...

The 12-year-old boy was waiting outside the church, keeping an eye on the two draft horses while his father worked...

I do not understand suicide. The reason I do not understand it, is because even in my darkest days I...