The world is full of questions we all want answers to but are either too embarrassed, time-crunched or intimidated to actually ask. In the spirit of that shared experience, we're embarking on a ...

Leif Larsen, Green-Larsen Mortuary funeral director, works by the quote “A good funeral gets the dead where they need to go and the living where they need to be,” by Thomas Lynch. Owner of ...

Funeral firms call it "natural'' and environmentally friendly. The Tampa Bay Times e-Newspaper is a digital replica of the printed paper seven days a week that is available to read on desktop, mobile, ...

Audio for this story is unavailable. Lawrence Ferlinghetti wrote a poem about them. Novelist Amy Tan's mother was serenaded by them as she lay in state. Muckraker Jessica Mitford's memorial procession ...

DEATH is inevitable for all of us, but have you ever wondered what happens to your body after you die? Well, luckily, the owner of a funeral home has explained the process, detailing why certain ...

Laura Moss is a journalist with more than 15 years of experience writing about science, nature, culture, and the environment. Burial and cremation are the most common ways we dispose of the dead, but ...

When considering funeral arrangements, the major choices used to come down to burial or cremation. Now many funeral homes will ask if you prefer to skip embalming, have your body wrapped simply in a ...