Cremation

The Death and Dying Series Part Three: Transforming the Culture of Death in America

Judith Johnson | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Funerals, Bereavement, Fear of Death, Cultural Transformation, Palliative Care, Grief, Burial, Memorial Services and Celebrations, Hospice, Cremation, Death, Death & Dying, Advance Health Care Directives, Healthy Living News
Judith Johnson

It may sound peculiar, but there are some very exciting things happening where death is concerned in America. The momentum of change in how we view and respond to death is building in many sectors of society as we transform our culture of death.

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It's Legal To Bury Human Ashes In Pet Cemeteries

AP | By JIM FITZGERALD | Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: Hartsdale Pet Cemetery, Human Ashes Pet Cemetery, New York Division of Cemeteries, Ny News, Human Ashes, New York News, Pet Cemetery, Cremation, New York News

HARTSDALE, N.Y. -- Life is good again – and death is looking better – for animal lovers in New York who want to be buried with their Persi...

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Cremations On The Rise Due To Struggling Economy [WATCH]

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 12.14.2011

Read More: Video, Time, Carbon Imprint, New York Times, Cremation Association of North America, Eco-Burial, Traditional Burials, Funeral Practices, Cremation, Detroit Police, Funeral, Business News

The economy is forcing households to cut back in many ways -- including how they rest in peace. Americans chose cremation in 41 percent of deaths ...

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Want To Be A Vinyl Record When You Die?

The Huffington Post | Evan Allis | Posted 12.21.2011

Read More: Funerals, Tai Hong, Burial, Cemeteries, And Vinyly, Algordanza, Funeral Alternatives, Bio Urns, Interrment, Cremation, Death, Fifty News

In the song "Black Jesus," Tupac Shakur says: "My last wishes n**gas, smoke my ashes." Whether the line articulates the late rapper's final wishes...

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Man Claims Wife Was Cremated Without His Consent

Posted 11.30.2011

Read More: Cremated Without Consent, Video, Chicago Suburbs, Timothy Cahill, Laird Funeral Home Lawsuit, Cremated Without Approval, Helen Cahill, Laird Funeral Home, Cremation, Chicago News

A man is suing an Illinois funeral home after they allegedly cremated his wife without his consent. Trucker Timothy Cahill told the Courier-News t...

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'Corpse Hotels' Part Of Japanese Growing Death Industry

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 11.13.2011

Read More: Japanese Corpse Hotels, Weird News, Corpse Hotels in Japan, Japan, Death Industry, Cremation, Death, Corpse Hotels, Hotel for Corpses, Video, Weird News News

No, this isn't the plot for some back-to-school horror flick, it's a booming part of a famously growing facet of the Japanese economy: the death indus...

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12-Year-Old Indian Girl Commits Suicide To Donate Organs To Family

Posted 09.06.2011

Read More: Tragedy, India, Indian Girl Commits Suicide for Family, Organ Donation, Mumpy Sarkar Suicide, Suicide, Pre-Teen Commits Suicide, Child Suicide, Mumpy Sarkar, Cremation, Mumpy Sarkar Cremation, World News

Twelve-year-old Mumpy Sarkar ended her own life in an attempt to donate organs to her father and brother, but was cremated before her suicide note det...

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Cremation Alternative To Be Allowed In Colorado

AP | By KANTELE FRANKO | Posted 08.02.2011

Read More: Denver News, Alkaline Hydrolysis, Alternatives to Cremation, Corpse Disposal, Eco-Friendly Corpse Disposal, Colorado News, Burial Alternatives, Cremation Alternatives, Cremation, Denver News

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Hal Shimp didn't want a traditional send-off after death. He didn't want a big, somber service, and he certainly didn't want to be b...

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Ohio Funeral Home Stopped From Liquefying Bodies

AP | DOUG WHITEMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Funeral Homes, Cremation, Edwards Funeral Service, National Funeral Directors Association, Business News

COLUMBUS, Ohio — An Ohio funeral home that is the first in the nation to use a cremation alternative that dissolves bodies with lye and heat has eff...

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Funeral Pyres An Option In Crestone

AP | IVAN MORENO | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Marijuana, National Funeral Directors Association, Funeral Pyres, Best of Denver, Crestone, Crestone End of Life Project, Cremation, Crestone Colorado, Belinda Ellis, Denver News

CRESTONE, Colo. — Belinda Ellis' farewell went as she wanted. One by one, her family placed juniper boughs and logs about her body, covered in red c...

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A farewell to the lonely

Zev Yaroslavsky | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Los Angeles County Morgue, Cremation, Burial, Los Angeles News
Zev Yaroslavsky

Before dawn on Tuesday, the sad ritual began. For ten straight hours, two veterans of L.A. County's crematorium and cemetery solemnly filled a wide a...

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The High Cost of Dying

Jason Alderman | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Social Security Death Benefit, Funeral Expenses, Veterans Benefits, Cremation, Funeral Rule, Healthy Living News
Jason Alderman

Death is the ultimate fact of life; it pays to be prepared for what expenses will be so you -- or your loved ones -- won't be forced to make difficult decisions during your time of grieving.

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Wisconsin Man Loses Relatives' Ashes When Car Is Towed

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wisconsin, Wisconsin News, Ashes Towed, Shawn Leslie, Cremation, Car Towed, Wisconsin Man Ashes, Ashes, Chicago News

MADISON, Wis. — A Wisconsin man has lost his father's and grandfather's ashes when the car where they were stored was towed and destroyed. Waus...

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Natural Burial Is a Gentler Way to Leave

Anne Dilenschneider | Posted 11.17.2011

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Anne Dilenschneider

Commercial funeral practices put gallons of embalming fluid, and tons of metal and exotic hardwoods into the ground. And I was surprised to learn that cremation is equally polluting and energy-intensive.

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Varanasi: India's Holy City (PHOTOS)

Rajan P. Parrikar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Religion, Pilgrimage, Slideshow, Ghats, Ganges, Holy, Ganga, Hindu, Shiva, Culture, Jain, Varanasi, Sacred, Buddhist, India, Hinduism, Buddhism, Cremation, Sikh, Benaras, Kashi, Stupa, Sarnath, Religion News
Rajan P. Parrikar

In this holy place beats the heart of an ancient civilization.

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Eastman Family Finds Ashes Of Doris Dunkelberger In Garage

KMGH Denver | Russell Haythorn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cherry Price, Doris Dunkelberger, Arvada-Colorado, Spring Cleaning, Woman's Ashes, Ashes in Tupperware, Tupperware, Sam Eastman, Remains Found in Garage, Cremation, Denver News

ARVADA, Colo. -- So you're doing some spring cleaning, and after nearly 20 years, decide to move that old toolbox in the garage. What's behind it, yo...

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A Cremation Solicitation

Christopher Brauchli | Posted 11.17.2011

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Christopher Brauchli

It was only fortuitous but clearly felicitous -- the story in the Wall Street Journal about the increasing popularity of cremation and my printed invitation to get one for free.

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Astoria Characters: The Cryptic Undertaker

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Astoria, Jack Kennedy, John Hoey, Funeral Home, Shamrock, Pamploma Bull Run, Harley, Mike's Diner, Sky Dive, Mount St. Mary Cemetery, Dodge Caravan, SUNY Farmingdale, Cremation, Undertaker, O'Shea-Hoey, New York News
Nancy Ruhling

Undertaking is a mysterious profession, and Astoria character John Hoey spends a lot of time answering curious queries about what it's like to work with the dead.

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Dying To Be Green? Try "Bio-Cremation"

cnbc.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cremation, Green Technology, Sustainability, Green Living, Death, Green Cremation, Green News

VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Worried you haven't been green enough in life? Don't let death come in the way of a more eco-friendly you. Enter alkali...

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Man May Have Chemically Cremated Boy WIth Whom He Had A Sexual Relationship

9News | Jace Larson, Anna Hewson and Nicole Vap | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Circumsision, John Taylor, Murder, Ian Richardson, Chemical Cremation, Cremation, Denver Police, Denver News

DENVER - The allegations read like a disturbing novel. A man in his 40s has a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old boy. The teen gets drunk in a rem...

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Varanasi: City of Rebirth (xii)

Karin Badt | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: India, Varanasi, Spirituality, Life After Death, Cremation, Travel Tips for Women, Healthy Living News
Karin Badt

There is nothing like waking up at dawn to take a boat ride down the Ganges, past the men standing mid-waist in water, placing their hands together in prayer and chanting.

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Varanasi: The City of the Dead (xi)

Karin Badt | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Women Travelers, Samsara, Primo Levi, India, Cremation, Death, Varanasi, Kieslowski, Ganges, Gangesview Hotel, Healthy Living News
Karin Badt

Varanasi, the holy city of the dead, is a blast of life. Right from the train station, the roads are dense in clanking bicycles, women in black veils...

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