As the old saying goes, the only two constants in life are death and taxes. The government will ensure taxes keep being collected, no doubt. Caring for the dead, however, is left to the private sector ...

A nationwide group of volunteers is making sure the lives of U.S. veterans are not forgotten, including here in the Tri-State ...

No veteran will be forgotten was the message Friday at a military funeral ceremony for four veterans whose cremated remains had been unclaimed at Connecticut funeral homes for decades. The Connecticut ...

Reimbursements form the VA can be filed by the veteran’s spouse, children, executors, or funeral home personnel for things like tranporting the remains, burial plots, and some funeral costs. In some ...

PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) — For several decades, the cremated remains of more than two dozen American Civil War veterans languished in storage facilities at a funeral home and cemetery in Seattle. The ...

PAWTUCKET, R.I. -- For several decades, the cremated remains of more than two dozen American Civil War veterans languished in storage facilities at a funeral home and cemetery in Seattle. The simple ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A funeral home that helps handle veterans awaiting burial at Arlington National Cemetery left corpses in an unrefrigerated garage, hallways and on makeshift gurneys, according to a ...

FOLLANSBEE, W.Va. — A local funeral home is taking part in Wreaths Across America this month. The non-profit organization coordinates the annual placement of wreaths on the graves of veterans across ...

PAWTUCKET, R.I. — For several decades, the cremated remains of more than two dozen American Civil War veterans languished in storage facilities at a funeral home and cemetery in Seattle. The simple ...

A Houston-area Army veteran's ongoing fight to obtain his funeral director license is yet another dispute that ex-Texas ...

After a funeral home invited the public to a veteran’s service because he had no family, more than 1,000 people showed up to mourn him. The honor guard silently folded an American flag as members of ...

A Northern Westchester community is mourning a devoted father, firefighter, Navy veteran, and funeral director who died at ...