Nothing can prepare you for the feeling of losing a loved one. It's likely that, in your grief-stricken state, making funeral arrangements will feel very overwhelming. Still, there are actually a lot ...

Oct. 21, 2004 — -- For centuries, caring for dead relatives at home was a traditional part of family life. Bodies were laid out in a dining room or parlor, and visitors dropped by to spend time ...

The National Funeral Directors Association has provided a list with an array of goods, services and logistics that are often included in a traditional funeral and/or memorial service. They report that ...

WELLFLEET, Mass. -- When 20-month-old Adelaida Kay Van Meter died of a rare genetic disease last winter, her father, Murro, gently carried her body out of the house to his wood shop in the pines near ...

EUGENE, Ore. – When an accident took the life of her 4-year-old son, Keelia Carver wanted to take his body back to the family ranch, his home. More than that, she wanted to spend time with him, to ...

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 7, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Death Midwifery returns death to its sacred place in the beauty, mystery and celebration of life. A Sacred Crossings Death Midwife shepherds individuals ...