Casket Photo Sparks Outrage
Air Force commanders are investigating the origins of a photo of airmen posing around an open casket with another airman inside pretending to be dead. In the photo,...
Funeral Industry News
Amazon.com Starts Selling "Christmas Cremations", Then Abruptly Stops
Last Friday Redmond-based Smart Cremation (the same company that, last February, was offering "green benefits such as carbon offsets and enhanced emissions controls" with its cremation packages) announced...
Top 5 Regrets By Those Dying
Guest article by Andrew Rinehart from AndrewRinehart.us I've recently become fascinated with a question, "What has been your biggest regret in life"? I find myself asking this question...
Man Fakes Mother's Obituary to Get Paid Time Off Work
BROOKVILLE, Pa. - Authorities say a U.S. man published a fake obituary for his living mother in a ploy to get paid bereavement time off from work. Relatives...
Raleigh man's casket is ultimate DIY project
Image via News & Observer Raleigh, NC - Down in the basement, right next to the treadmill, Scott Steiner keeps the box he'll be buried in - a...
What is Really Driving the Rising Cremation Rate
Is the rising cremation rate really being driven by economic situations or is it lack of value placed on the funeral service? The honest answer is probably a...
Sign Of The Times: Capsule Urn, The iPod Of Funeral Home Products
Designing objets d'art to commemorate the loss of a loved one is a tricky business. Go too fancy, and it looks like you're trying to turn your dead...