AURORA, Ind. — Beth McGinley has no use for burial plots. She wants her friends to sprinkle her ashes somewhere memorable when she dies. "My main motivating factor is the cost of funerals," said ...

Death may be one of life’s two certainties — but profits from selling caskets are not. That’s the view of a New York hedge fund that on Thursday announced it was shorting a major casket manufacturer ...

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich., Jan. 31, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Eternal Image, Inc. (the "Company") (OTCQB:ETNLD), a public company engaged in the design, manufacturing and marketing of officially licensed ...

A columbarium is like a mausoleum but for cremated remains. A columbarium "niche" (essentially an urn cubby) can range inprice from about $300 to $2,800. The costs associated with passing on can vary ...

CREMATION ACROSS THE STATESPercentage of deaths in 2010 resulting in cremation, by state:Top five1. Nevada 72.2 percent2. Washington 70.9 percent3. Oregon 69.4 percent4. Hawaii 69.1 percent5. Montana ...

Beth McGinley has no use for burial plots. She wants her friends to sprinkle her ashes somewhere memorable when she dies. “My main motivating factor is the cost of funerals,” said McGinley, 53, of ...

Dear Abby: “An Avid Reader in Woonsocket, R.I.” wrote you about a funeral home that charged $1,200 for a casket when the deceased was to have been cremated: Perhaps you didn’t know that if the ...

Seven years ago Jack Davenport, co-owner of Davenport Family Funeral Homes and Crematory, was approached with what seemed to be an unusual request. A family trying to grant the last wishes of a loved ...

At some malls, you can buy a J. Crew sweater and a casket in the same trip. Til We Meet Again, a company specializing in caskets and urns, has outlets in malls in Texas, Louisiana, Indiana, and Kansas ...

A loved one passing away is one of the most difficult experiences anyone will go through. And this event can be made all the more worse if you have to deal with costly funeral expenses as you grieve.