Increasing Permanent Memorialization for Cremation Families
Breathing New Life into Cemeteries at CANA’s 105th Convention WHEELING, IL— How do we guide families to find permanent placement in cemeteries for the cremated remains they currently...
Cemeteries
Disposition’s Actual Eco-Impact, Part One of Five: Traditional Burial
This article was originally published on the Death Curious blog. Alexandra Jo and Parting Stone launched Death Curious with the mission of eliminating death avoidance and bringing people...
Funeral Home Owner Charged In Cemetery Shooting Death at 10-Year-Old’s Funeral
The owner of a Maryland funeral service company has been arrested for the shooting death of a pallbearer who was reportedly affiliated with a rival funeral home. The...
Digging a Grave in Frozen Ground
Winter burials in areas where snow falls can be a challenge, particularly in northern states. Digging a grave when the ground is frozen is a much different task...
Disposition, Catholic Style
As someone who grew up Catholic with a former Benedictine nun for a mother (yes, seriously) and is now a writer at Connecting Directors — a publication that...
Fancy-Pants Tombs: Egypt’s Pyramids
Ancient history’s monuments to dead leaders were typically, well, monumental. Nowhere on earth is that as evident as it is in Egypt. Great Pyramids of Giza are arguably...
Cities of the Dead
New Orleans is known worldwide for its graveyards. Crescent City’s gothic mystique imbues its cemeteries with a seductive draw, and who doesn’t like a little atmosphere? If you’re...