UK death rate rise at 63-year high says Dignity
UK – Dignity reports an “extraordinary” year for deaths in 2015 and admits the rate of increase stretched its services.
UK – Dignity reports an “extraordinary” year for deaths in 2015 and admits the rate of increase stretched its services.
USA – It always seems to take us by surprise when a human body throws off its mortal coil. And in the wake of death, families
UK – A basic funeral service now costs an average of more than £3,500, with prices expected to rise further. And unlike
UK – Burials will only take place on two days over the next three weeks as Newcastle-under-Lyme borough council
USA – Laura Fry only knew the first man she helped die as “dad.” The 72-year-old man’s lungs and bones were riddled with
USA – So imagine how I feel when days after my mother dies I find myself staring down an endless line of black dresses and dark suits; a veritable who’s who of my family’s past, all waiting to do the awkward hug-or-no-hug tango.
USA – What we do with our dead can seem bizarre to outsiders. In a Tibetan tradition called sky burial, the deceased are cut into small pieces by a man known as therogyapa, or “breaker of bodies,” and laid atop mountains to be picked apart by vultures.
NY – The young, close-knit, predominantly female students in SUNY Canton’s mortuary school are fascinated with our most difficult, yet unavoidable, subject. But when it comes to changing attitudes about death, are educational programs like the one they’re in part of the problem?
USA – Houston has a key role, with biggest company in the business in town. Tripp Carter meets with clients on West Alabama around a table in what looks like a formal dining room. The chairs are copies of those Napoleon had at Chateau de Malmaison, his palace outside Paris.
SAGINAW, MI – A funeral home has added an unusual new convenience for mourners — a drive-thru viewing window. Paradise Funeral Chapel has installed a window that displays a body set up in a special area inside the building with a raised and tilted platform for the casket.