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‘Water cremation’ is a new eco-friendly option offered by a Connecticut funeral home
The News-Times· 2 weeks agoFire and earth have been the options in Connecticut for what funeral directors call "disposition" of...
Earning your urn: What's the cost of dying in 2024?
TheStreet.com· 1 week agoRising prices mean Americans are grappling with higher costs of living, but what about the cost of dying? Here's what you can expect to pay for cremation, urns, caskets, headstones, burial plots, mausoleum crypts, and more.
Where can you legally scatter human ashes in Kansas? What state, federal laws say
The Wichita Eagle· 2 weeks agoWhere can you legally scatter human ashes in Kansas? The association reports the average cost for a funeral with a viewing and cremation in Kansas is $6,713, while the average cost of a funeral with a burial is $8,755.
Going out green: Natural burials offer a time-tested alternative to the modern funeral
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review· 7 days agoSteve Ball’s grave was marked not by a granite headstone or marble mausoleum upon the burial of his ...
The cost of dying is going up, leaving some Florida families scrambling
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo Finance· 1 week agoChristina Nall sat in the hospital parking lot gasping for air. Four hours earlier, her father, Bill...
For immigrant workers who die in US, a body’s journey home is one last struggle
Baltimore Sun via Yahoo News· 1 week agoBALTIMORE — Nearly two decades after Maynor Suazo Sandoval left Honduras seeking American prosperity, he will finally make the long-awaited trip home. Suazo Sandoval was a month from his 39th ...