It contains the relics of deaths past — a replica of Abraham Lincoln’s casket, Civil War-era embalming tools and intricately designed mourning jewelry made from deceased loved ones’ hair. Despite the ...

In the old days, Egyptians would bury a pharaoh and throw in a slave or a wife or two to keep him company in the afterlife. Romans would carry torches in a funeral procession. Colonials would head to ...

In Islam, the deceased are to be buried within 24 hours. This was highlighted in media reports of the death of Osama binLaden. And controversy arose over bin Laden’s burial at sea. Each major religion ...

When the Museum of Funeral Customs folded, most of its memorabilia ended up at a local museum in Carthage, Illinois, between Keokuk and Macomb in western Illinois. From this description published in ...

COVID-19 has disrupted everyday life, changing how people socialize, shop, work -- and worship. Health laws and pandemic restrictions can make it challenging to honor a particular religion’s death ...

PHOENIX - Coronavirus is changing the funeral business, with mourners having to adjust the way they say goodbye to loved ones. In the Valley, one funeral home is now reducing the numbers of guests ...

Most of what happened around the death and subsequent funeral services for Pope Francis had a traditional ring to them. Obviously, when the pope dies in Rome, tradition has much to say about how ...

If the funeral lunch is at Przybylo’s White Eagle in Niles, you can count on having pierogies, but when the dearly departed were laid out in the parlor, there wasn’t enough time to prepare the ...

On a recent gray day, the earth next to the Islamic Garden at National Memorial Park near Falls Church was upturned for expansion. There, deceased Muslims are often propped on one shoulder inside ...