Some funeral homes offer more personalized ways to send the beloved to the beyond Families are encouraged to include items that symbolize the decedent%27s hobbies and interests Funeral homes hope to ...

One of the best things about exploring the restaurants in your own back yard is getting the chance to experience cultural diversity through the universal act of chowing down. One of the best things ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — They are here from all over the world. Funeral directors, in New Orleans for their international convention. It’s the National Funeral Directors Association Convention and WGNO ...

Morticians are finding ways to put the fun in funeral to get customers to think about their final farewells—and open their wallets—long before the end. At an industry convention in Baltimore last ...

No, no, no. Please. Stop it. Stop it, please. Must we put the “fun” in funeral? Should we make death as whimsical as a made-for-TV Hallmark Channel movie starring Mary Steenburgen? Why the glum face?

I recently turned 62 and according to Social Security life expectancy projections, I will die when I’m 89.5. With 17.5 years left, now seems like the perfect time to take up extreme sports. Reaching ...

We spend a lifetime planning for the precious moments in our lives: the birth of our children, where to live, birthday parties, weddings and of course, our retirement. But there is one event that we ...

Fire them all. Send them all into combat. How can people be so ignorant, so unfeeling, so disrespectful, so stupid, so totally screwed up? What is wrong with these soldiers today? Military.com readers ...

CHALMETTE — Around 80 women belonging to the community service group St. Bernard Volunteers for Family and Community gathered Saturday at a Chalmette reception hall for a winter-themed late summer ...