*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. When planning services for a former circus ringleader, family and friends knew one thing would be a must at the visitation for a ...

Grieving at a funeral is changing. Funerals are now more of a time of remembering the loved one who has died. Bryan Leeds misses his dad. When his father passed away in 2009, he asked for one thing ...

Other non-traditional funerals, like the ones put on by The Natural Funeral in Loveland, Colo., infuse the burial with eco-friendly practices that care for the Earth as much as we care for our dearly ...

Jeff Friedman’s father was not happy when he told him he was dropping out of college to become a funeral director. “He told me ‘you’ll have to wear a nametag the rest of your life’,” Friedman said.

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) - Making arrangements to bury a loved one can be difficult, expensive and complicated. Kirsten Gerlach is board member of the Helpful Hearts Foundation, which provides families ...

This article looks at the costs of several end-of-life expenses encountered by families of loved ones.

Exactly one month after Lily Griffin’s third birthday, she was laid to rest. Nothing could take away from the tragedy of that moment, but Lily’s mother, Elizabeth Scheffler, 26, knew how she wanted it ...