Cremations are now twice as common as burials in the U.S., reversing a norm from two decades ago, according to the National Funeral Directors Association. Why it matters: Shifting attitudes around ...

When Dave Pena started in the funeral business in 1994, he worked primarily with Catholic Hispanic families who wanted church services and traditional burials for their loved ones. On the rare ...

Harris County is running out of room for paupers' graves, so it will start cremating the dead and destitute if Commissioners Court approves of the plan next month. The proposal calls for dead paupers ...

"The History of Cremation," the new permanent exhibit at the National Museum of Funeral History, includes a room modeled after LeMoyne Crematory's cremation chamber, where the first cremation in ...