An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link When Gregory Burrell's wife passed away almost two years ago, 600 people attended her funeral. Now, during a pandemic that continues to surge in ...

More than a year after the coronavirus pandemic hit, Rev. Irene Monroe is exhausted. A Black pastor in Boston, she has been conducting daily Zoom funerals — often two a day — since last March. Her ...

When people lose a loved one — especially unexpectedly — environmental consciousness may be the last thing on their minds. But modern funeral practices are wreaking havoc on the environment. Bodies ...

There are several Ojibwe traditions I was taught concerning funerals and death. For instance, when I was growing up and somebody died, my mother would crinkle up a little strip of birch bark like an ...

ST. PAUL -- The Twin Cities Hmong community is searching for another location for its elaborate, traditional funerals, which often last several days and include hundreds of relatives and friends. The ...

KENOSHA — Casey Family Options Funerals and Cremations, 3016 75th St. is a funeral home unlike any other in southeastern Wisconsin. “It’s all about family,” said Steve Casey, owner of Casey Family ...

When Cindy Colorado’s mother-in-law died from COVID-19 on Dec. 1 – becoming one of more than 1,300 El Pasoans who have succumbed to the virus in this border town – the family hoped to give her a ...

Frank McQuade grew up Catholic, became a priest and always envisioned a traditional send-off when he died — a funeral home wake, a funeral Mass at a church and a cemetery burial. But McQuade, 71, a ...