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The Vatican Softens Its Rules for Catholics on Keeping Ashes of the Dead
Time via Yahoo News· 5 months agoCatholic families may now request to preserve a small portion of their late relative’s cremated...
Closing of Quinn Funeral Home saddens families served there for generations
Erie Times News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPerhaps it’s the Irish coming out in me, but the recent closing of the Quinn Funeral Home felt like...
The American way of death is evolving: Thielen
SC Cloud | St. Cloud Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPeople are changing the way they handle death, whether it's choosing cremation over burial, not having a wake or funeral service or changing how these functions are done.
Ashes to ashes, dirt to dirt? Human composting again up for debate in Rhode Island. What to know.
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 3 months agoPROVIDENCE − Will 2024 be the year that Rhode Island joins seven other states in allowing natural organic reduction, also known as human composting, as an alternative to cremation and burial ...
Kennewick Woman of the Year and popular restaurant owner dies. ‘Generous and caring soul’
Tri-City Herald via Yahoo News· 11 months agoA Tri-Cities entrepreneur and civic leader, known for taking action swiftly and quietly when she saw...
Longtime newsman Gregory Brown remembered for high standards, good humor
Tribune-Review, Greensburg, Pa. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMay 13—Gregory Brown was both a hard-nosed journalist and a man of good humor and community spirit. "Greg was always one of those people who was very committed to local news and the news product ...
How 'a perfect storm' of errors left veteran to be buried in pauper's grave
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 4 months agoAbout 175 years ago, French novelist Honore de Balzac wrote, “I did not know that bureaucracy could...