WASHINGTON — Christopher, a Marine Corps veteran who survived a truck explosion while serving in Afghanistan, said the near-death experience caused him to consider his own mortality and how he wants ...

Steve Ball’s grave was marked not by a granite headstone or marble mausoleum upon the burial of his cremated remains last year, but a flat rock chipped into the shape of a heart. It came from his ...

SUGAR CREEK TWP. – Jeff Roth, 66, walked the gravel path at Foxfield Preserve surrounded by nature. Birds chirped. Sunshine broke through clouds in a blue sky. Wildflowers dotted a prairie, and trees ...

This story was initially published Feb. 5, 2024, and has been updated with new information. Hoosiers may soon be able to choose a "water burial" after at least a decade of lawmakers trying to add it ...

Burial costs have always been high. Green burials may change the narrative. Nigel Rudolph, a public archaeology coordinator for the Florida Public Archaeology Network, has noticed the trend in the ...

Before Ruth Laskowski died of skin cancer, she asked to be buried as naturally as possible. She wanted an environmentally-friendly “green” burial that skips a conventional vault and metal casket, ...

For two years, Joel Rimstad eyed a small historic cemetery a mile north of St. Peter to plot out his plan to offer green burials. This week, it became official. The Traverse-Green Lawn Cemetery, ...

Many military veterans want to be buried in military-related cemeteries. One common misconception when planning the burial of a veteran is that the Department of Veterans Affairs will cover all the ...