For centuries, funerals in western cultures followed a traditional pattern. The deceased was laid out in a casket for ...

Jeffrey Rich woke up last July to find his husband not breathing beside him in bed. When Jeff Wright, 57, could not be revived, Rich started looking for ways to honor his life, and to help the living ...

Conservation burials allow for bodies to decompose and become part of the surrounding ecosystem. If you search online for “green death,” the first results might include a “Doctor Who” television ...

I’m standing at the summit of Fernwood Cemetery just outside San Francisco. Live oaks sprout from the hills like leafy castles. A red-tailed hawk turns circles in the sky above me. And below me, ...

According to the New York Times, there's a hip new thing all the kids are trying these days: home funerals. Apparently, a growing number of people are bypassing funeral homes and handling the funeral ...

TRAVERSE CITY -- Bob Butz is going to build his own coffin. It may double as a coffee table or bookshelves until he needs it. Butz, 38, is a Lake Ann author whose newest book, "Going Out Green: One ...