WASHINGTON — Families who choose to receive an urn or commemorative plaque on behalf of a deceased veteran forfeit the right to bury that veteran in a national cemetery under a new Department of ...

The costs associated with passing on can vary wildly depending on how someone prefers their death to be handled by loved ones. At the low end, direct cremation (with ashes stored at home or scattered) ...

People join the military for a variety of reasons: They may want the benefits associated with paying for college, a stable position where they can learn on the job, or to feel like they’re protecting ...

Nearly half of all people who died nationally last year were cremated and about 36 percent of Arkansans were cremated, according to the National Funeral Directors Association. Industry insiders expect ...

Caskets crushed into the same grave, others buried outside cemetery grounds, hundreds of families unable to find loved ones - what happened at Galilee Memorial Gardens in suburban Memphis, Tennessee, ...

Licensed funeral director and certified celebrant Amy Hart removes a compartment at the center of a rose keepsake urn at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 3855 Katz Dr., in Marion on May 30. ...