Urns in Rose Hill Cemetery are, traditionally, placed in the ground within a concrete vault that allows for urns to be located with a pole when another burial is to occur at the site. Families ...

A green or natural burial involves interring a body that hasn’t been preserved with embalming chemicals in a biodegradable ...

Add to that funeral expenses–which can be nearly $10,000 and easily much more if you are required to have a vault to place ...

“Just the ground itself, the casket, there’s vaults involved. There’s all these different things that I didn’t know about,” ...

Have an honest conversation with your loved ones. It's something that we don't want to talk about, but you want to be ready ...

The Oakley City Council meets later this month to consider a proposal to turn 20 acres of city owned property into a site for ...

Green burials, where the person is buried in a wicker basket without embalming, can reduce one's ecological footprint after death.

An ancient cedar log’s discovery reveals that burying wood under clay might be an affordable way to store carbon.

Consumer Reports advises individuals to consider their funeral expenses and explore options such as purchasing a casket from ...

According to the Green Burial Council, the funeral industry uses 4.3 million gallons of embalming fluid, 1.6 million tons of ...

Jake’s grave is tucked at the back of the cemetery, past where many passersby may have thought the cemetery ended. Beyond the ...

It’s staggering that the median funeral costs in the U.S. — including a casket, viewing, and burial — topped $8,300 in 2023.