Washington Consumers’ Checkbook shares tips for planning a funeral that doesn’t cost a fortune.

Burial payment assistance may be available to pay for burial, cremation, or costs associated with donation of a body to a medical school.

As cremation rates rise and consumer preferences shift, funeral homes are innovating in surprisingly unconventional ways so they don’t die out.

'The sooner, the better': Here's what to look for in a funeral plan in Minnesota Death expenses can easily top $10,000. Making plans ahead of time can ease the moment for survivors.

Two top executives of Grace Memorial Funeral and Cremation Services are each charged with ten felonies in a criminal complaint that details a scheme involving forgery, theft and fraud, court ...

They had to come up with money for a cremation. Even without a funeral, the bill came to nearly $2,000, a hefty sum that Olson initially covered. She and her daughter then learned of a federal program ...

Jonathan Daponte of Minor Funeral Home cracks open Vermont’s very first water cremation machine. “I wanted to be the forerunner of innovation,” he said.

Federal program covers COVID-19 funeral costs Wanda Olson of Villa Rica, Ga., paid nearly $2,000 for her son-in-law’s cremation but was reimbursed through a FEMA program.

Funeral directors in 15 states can now offer "water cremation," in which bodies are dissolved in a chemical solution. Some see it as more eco-friendly and less traumatic than consumption by flame.

Cremation is on the rise, fueled by cost, changing social values and the baby boomer generation. And you won’t believe what can be done with the ashes.