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) ...

Sandra Burnum's brother was dying of cancer, and to help the family prepare, she inquired with the funeral home in his small Oregon town about the cost of a cremation. The price, which included ...

Cremation, once an obscure choice not even considered by most families, is now chosen instead of burial for their loved ones by more than 60 percent of Floridians. Part of the reason is financial; ...

Planning a funeral is “just like buying a car,” says Nancy Persons, a 16-year volunteer with the citizens’ advocacy group Funeral Consumer Society of Colorado. “Would you buy a car without ...