More than 21,000 funeral homes are in the U.S., employing some 105,000 people, according to the National Funeral Directors Association. The $11 billion-a-year industry is largely ...

Rituals around death are cultural expressions that occasionally collide with an individual's feelings. A supportive environment provides understanding within societal structures.

A funeral director explains how the bodies of the deceased are prepared for burial or cremation in the United States.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: When my mother passed away some years ago, my brother and his wife placed a stuffed black cat toy in her casket. My mother had owned several black cats.

A Greensboro woman appeared in court Friday on charges related to vandalizing a local cemetery, according to the Greensboro ...

In 1976, a crew member on The Six Million Dollar Man accidentally broke off his arm and discovered human bone inside. Now, ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: When my mother passed away some years ago, my brother and his wife placed a stuffed black cat toy in her casket. My mother had owned several black cats.

Miss Manners, was this absolutely the worst Christmas gift ever, or am I missing something? I don’t understand how anyone ...

MISS MANNERS by Judith Martin, Nicholas Ivor Martin and Jacobina Martin DEAR MISS MANNERS: When my mother passed away some ...

To be clear, Miss Manners has never liked sending money as a present. But the thought of a young child who has been used to ...

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to the ethics of repurposing a stuffed black cat toy ...

Dear Miss Manners: When my mother passed away some years ago, my brother and his wife placed a stuffed black cat toy in her ...