Being buried is more expensive than being cremated because there's an extra cost for a cemetery plot and a headstone, usually around $5,000. That totals nearly $13,000 for your loved ones to pay after ...

Colorado funeral home owners facing hundreds of charges after abandoning 190 bodies allegedly used families' payments for ...

The website Cremation Institute says that a burial plot can cost between $200 to several thousand dollars and that most cemeteries charge an interment fee, which can run between $350 and $3,000 ...

The cost of a simple funeral – which includes an attended burial or cremation, funeral director, doctor and celebrant fees, a coffin and limousine – has risen by 134% from £1,835 in 2004. If funeral ...

Meanwhile, cremation costs $6,971, recording a rise of 11.3% in the same period. The skyrocketing prices of funeral expenses have pushed many people to consider the cost of burial insurance to ...

Historians estimate cremation developed as a funeral practice about 5,000 years ago, but it’s only become popular in the United States over the past couple decades. More than 60% of ...

The cost of a simple funeral has risen by another 3,.5% in a year to £4,285, according to the SunLife Cost of Dying Report.

After a homeless man died on the streets of Portland several years ago, the Rev. Jeffrey Logan found the man's mother in Augusta. She was in shock and grieving, and had no idea where she would find ...

The State of Iowa says you can and can't scatter ashes. You can scatter ashes on private property, in the state, with the owner's permission. You are not allowed on any public lands in Iowa to scatter ...

Losing a loved one is difficult. On top of grieving, you must also make important decisions about funeral arrangements. The three most common types of funerals are burial, cremation, and natural/green ...