Funeral.com responds to the Pet Humanization Trend with enhanced premium Pet/Human Urn Collections and new bereavement ...

MESA, Ariz. - Headlines were made last week when it was revealed human rights activist Desmond Tutu wasn’t cremated, but he was aquamated. A new type of cremation that uses water and is supposedly ...

With climate change gaining prominence, there’s a concerted effort around ensuring eco-friendly, well, everything – including end-of-life processes. While traditional fire cremation burns fossil fuels ...

The median cost of a traditional funeral with burial and viewing is about $8,300, according to the most recent data available from the National Funeral Directors Association. Cremation is less ...

Cremation’s rise to 61.9% in 2024, driven by affordability and cultural shifts, has surpassed burials, reshaping the funeral economy with projections of 82% market share by 2045. Lower-cost cremation ...

Data: National Funeral Directors Association; Chart: Axios Visuals Cremations are now twice as common as burials in the U.S., reversing a norm from two decades ago, according to the National Funeral ...

Cremation outpaced traditional burial in the U.S. for the first time in 2015. Here, a cremation urn is shown. Cremation outpaced traditional burial in the U.S. for the first time in 2015. Here, a ...

The Pennsylvania House of Representatives passed bipartisan legislation on Wednesday authorizing alkaline hydrolysis, commonly known as water cremation, as an approved cremation method in the state.

Data: National Funeral Directors Association; Chart: Axios Visuals Cremations are now twice as common as burials in the U.S., reversing a norm from two decades ago, according to the National Funeral ...