Data: National Funeral Directors Association; Chart: Axios Visuals Cremations are now twice as common as burials in the U.S., ...

The FTC’s Funeral Rule mandates that consumers do not have to accept packages at funeral homes and are free to pick and choose the goods and services they wish. Funeral providers are also required to ...

REPUBLIC —Three years ago Kevin Green made his first wooden casket. His mother-in-law died after a long illness, and Green’s wife, Cynthia, asked him to use his woodworking skills to build her ...

MILWAUKEE – The world's largest retailer wants to keep its customers even after they die. Wal-Mart has started selling caskets on its Web site at prices that undercut many funeral homes, long the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — If you’re looking to go ...

There was a time when there were just a few choices when it came to purchases for a funeral — a casket of dark wood, light wood, black or white or the simple or ornate urn. Today people have a much ...

PHOENIX - Cars, trucks, hotel rooms and even meat have all gone up dramatically in price in the last year, but those are not the only things that are costing more. The cost of dying is also going up.

VAUGHN, Mont. — They call the lumber harvested from trees killed by mountain pine beetles blue pine. The beetles that burrow into those trees leave their marks in bluish gray, often mixed with greens, ...

The world's largest retailer wants to keep its customers even after they die. Wal-Mart has started selling caskets on its Web site at prices that undercut many funeral homes, long the major seller of ...

The world's largest retailer wants to keep its customers even after they die. Wal-Mart has started selling caskets on its Web site at prices that undercut many funeral homes, long the major seller of ...