The median cost of a traditional funeral with burial and viewing is about $8,300, according to a 2023 report from the National Funeral Directors Association, the most recent data available. Cremation ...
IRONDEQUOIT, N.Y., June 04, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Is cremation really as straightforward and inexpensive as many assume? According to Matt Cup of Cremation Service of Western NY in Irondequoit, New ...
Institute for Rural Journalism Americans may not be able to choose how and when they die, but they can make arrangements for ...
Funeral directors in 15 states can now offer "water cremation," in which bodies are dissolved in a chemical solution. Some see it as more eco-friendly and less traumatic than consumption by flame. As ...