Funeral planning is hard, but consumer advocates say you still need to keep your guard up, especially when it comes to buying a casket. Joshua Slocum with the Funeral Consumers Alliance says some ...

The costs associated with passing on can vary wildly depending on how someone prefers their death to be handled by loved ones. At the low end, direct cremation (with ashes stored at home or scattered) ...

A caller named Jeff from Austin, Texas, told Dave Ramsey that his mother was quoted $25,000 for a pre-paid funeral package, ...

Cremations are now twice as common as burials in the U.S., reversing a norm from two decades ago, according to the National Funeral Directors Association. Why it matters: Shifting attitudes around ...

An Oklahoma couple has run afoul of a state law protecting funeral-home operators.

It was supposed to be a regular day for 12-year-old Mariah Reginae Smith when she sat on her couch to watch “SpongeBob SquarePants” on Aug. 25. A few minutes later, she was shot to death in her Lake ...