Serenity Funeral Home on second Second Avenue found an art piece kicked over multiple times on the store front.
The Consumer Federation of America and Funeral Consumers Alliance surveyed 150 funeral homes and had big trouble getting price information.
Make the process of finding a funeral home easier by knowing what to look for.
People feel comfortable discussing the intricacies of an event that honours love, but when it comes to celebrating someone's life, it's almost taboo.
Recompose, a Seattle company, envisions a future where human remains are broken down into compost inside comforting facilities full of natural light and plants.
Death rituals used to happen in our houses. What if we brought them back?
The answer depends on whether you ask the family or the funeral director. If you ask funeral directors, some would say they’ve been doing it for years and think it’s crazy not to be texting families.
To help you think through the process and come to terms with selling your funeral home, we’ve compiled the five most common questions from owners about selling their funeral businesses.
If you aren’t backing up your data, then you’re putting it at risk. Cybercrime, hardware damage, human error – the list of ways you can lose data goes on and on.
Your funeral home website is often the first place families go to choose a service, so how will you tell them your story? Check out a few of these tips!
The law recognizes that death is sacred and that it is not to be treated lightly. Society reserves death as the most severe punishment for its worst criminal law offenders and it recognizes that neglect in the context of death...
The funeral home industry is being dragged kicking and screaming into the latest century — by a pair of Web sites that have begun to shed light on their prices.
As a consumer, you have rights and the treatment of your loved one’s remains is protected in many ways. Here are some of the protections provided for the deceased. The Funeral Rule There is no “con…
Eileen O’Grady Newell refers to little details that make a great big difference. She understands how much stress grief causes. She understands that there are only a few days to account for ev…
You need more than a conventional security system to stay secure. Do you also have cybersecurity measures in place? If not, your data may not be safe.
More couples are tying the knot in an unusual place — funeral homes.
Learn how to turn a funeral into a celebration of life and discover the unique ways that others have incorporated their passions into their memorial service.
From funeral cooperatives to green burials, there's a kinder, gentler, less expensive way to die.
It’s a question we all hear almost every day. “Hi, how are you?” But it has a different feel when you have recently lost someone you love. It just feels heavier. So how do you deal with that question?
Imagine what family and friends experience when a loved one simply disappears. They can’t get on with their lives until they know one way or another if that person is alive or dead. Just recently…
Relationships are complicated. Should you, or shouldn’t you, attend an ex’s funeral? There is not a “one size fits all” answer to this question but here are some things to c…