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Posted 04.18.2012
An Indiana man was caught red-handed allegedly stealing a woman's purse at a funeral and then stuffing its contents into his underwear. The Herald ...
Bethany St. James | Posted 04.10.2012
How will I be remembered by those who knew me? What will my legacy be? When asking yourself those questions, do you like the answers?
Hollye Harrington Jacobs | Posted 05.20.2012
It is important to prepare children for what they will encounter at each step of the funeral or memorial service. When they know what to expect, children will not be overwhelmed.
Posted 05.18.2012
Last week, Mike Delfino was tragically shot down in a drive-by shooting. In the aftermath on "Desperate Housewives" (Sun. 9 p.m. ET On ABC), the women...
Kenneth J. Doka, M.Div., Ph.D. | Posted 04.29.2012
Each culture grieves different losses. How and to whom we attach ourselves varies from one culture to another.
Erin Harper | Posted 04.23.2012
Until now, I have not written about Whitney Houston, largely because so many others have. However, when I learned that Los Angeles radio hosts, John and Ken of KFI AM 640 had referred to Ms. Houston as a "crack ho", I could not remain silent.
HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 02.11.2012
Authorities in northwest Tennessee released Karen Swift's body to her family, nearly two months after the mother of four's remains were recovered near...
Posted 01.24.2012
Three days of public memorial events for Joe Paterno will begin Tuesday afternoon, and mourners will have the chance to make sure the famed coach's mi...
Posted 03.07.2012
Sometimes trying to scare sense into juvenile delinquents by taking them to prison isn't enough. On "Beyond Scared Straight" (Thu., 10 p.m. EST on A&E...
The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 12.14.2011
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 ...
AP | Posted 02.11.2012
BLACKSBURG, Va. — A Virginia Tech police officer ambushed in a shooting that revived memories of the 2007 massacre on campus was eulogized befor...
AP | Posted 11.29.2011
PITTSBURGH -- The family of a deceased 91-year-old woman claims in a lawsuit that workers at a Roman Catholic cemetery near Pittsburgh jumped up and d...
Mark Steinberg | Posted 10.08.2011
It was announced today that the United States of America, also known as the U.S., U.S.A. and the U.S. of A., died during the last week of August 2011 ...
Brandon G. Withrow | Posted 10.03.2011
I can imagine that great day when Westboro heads out to protest and Americans shrug their shoulders. If a protest of my funeral takes them one step closer to future obscurity and irrelevance, then do your worst.
Posted 08.21.2011
A phony story about a dead baby got two California women plenty of sympathy and more than $600. But it also earned them a number of criminal charges. ...
Henry Gornbein | Posted 07.05.2011
In my many years of family law practice, I have found that many spouses, especially the one who has been left behind, have a hard time letting go and ...
Henry Gornbein | Posted 07.04.2011
In my many years of family law practice, I have found that many spouses, especially the one who has been left behind, have a hard time letting go and moving forward...
Delia Lloyd | Posted 11.17.2011
I actually enjoy going to funerals. Sure, they are sad occasions brought on by sad events. But they are also a joyous celebration of life that is at once poignant, edifying and, above all, calming.
Megan Smolenyak | Posted 05.25.2011
With St. Patrick's Day looming, then, I hope you'll understand that I have no choice but to surrender to my genetic urges and write of yet another link between our two countries: Private Thomas D. Costello.
AP | By RIAZ KHAN | Posted 05.25.2011
PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- A suicide bomber struck a funeral attended by anti-Taliban militiamen in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing at least 36...
The Kansas City Star | Donald Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011
People drove from three or four counties away. Buses arrived, bellowing exhaust into the cold, bringing loads of schoolkids and senior citizens. Peopl...
AP | Posted 05.25.2011
SAO PAULO — A funeral home in Brazil is broadcasting its services live over the Internet, giving some of the millions of Brazilians living abroa...
Posted 05.25.2011
WHAT: 'Journey Through the Afterlife: The Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead' WHEN: 4 November 2010 - 6 March 2011 WHERE: British Museum Great...
Megan Smolenyak | Posted 11.17.2011
Born twenty years to the day after John Lennon and married the day before 9/11, I need no calendars or tickler systems to remind me of the milestone b...
Posted 05.07.2012