Death Is Not The End: Fascinating Funeral Traditions From Around The Globe
Article by Kate Torgovnick May, Originally appeared on TED The funerals I’ve attended have all been very much the same. Relatives and friends arrive in all black and...
Death Discussions
Who Owns the Dead?
For decades, Americans have been increasingly distanced from the dead. A small group of women is working to change that. Article by Libby Copeland, Originally appeared on New Republic IT...
Supreme Court Ruling on Same Sex Marriage and What it Means for the Deathcare Profession
Article and White Paper provided by: Poul Lemasters, Lemasters Consulting On June 26, 2015, the US Supreme Court put into law a monumental change: same-sex marriage is legal. What does this...
5 Reasons to Consider “Family Desairology”
Article by Mark Allen, OGR Executive Director Desairology? Is that a thing? According to uslegal.com, “The art of Desairology involves caring for the hair, skin and nails of the deceased...
22 Of The Most Powerful Death & Dying Quotes Ever Written
Article by Rochelle Rietow, funeralOne Since the beginning of time, people have been expressing their thoughts on death in many, many ways. In fact, these ideas, discussions and...
How Do People in Your State Die?
Article by Olga Khazan, The Atlantic The most distinctive causes of death by state, 2001-2010 (CDC)People in Louisiana are disproportionately likely to be felled by syphilis, while Midwesterners...
Here’s What A Mortician Has To Say About The Future Of Death
If you’re the kind of person whose late-night internet search history would sound bad if read aloud at a tribunal, you probably found Caitlin Doughty’s YouTube series Ask a...