In most cultures around the world, the saying "death is not the end" is used frequently. While some countries and cultures prefer a traditional ceremony, with loved ones gathered together in a sombre ...

There are several Ojibwe traditions I was taught concerning funerals and death. For instance, when I was growing up and somebody died, my mother would crinkle up a little strip of birch bark like an ...

A woman in the US who was diagnosed with terminal cancer chose to celebrate her life with friends and family before her death ...

(RNS) Before his death a few years ago, Jim Underdown’s father, James, requested that he be cremated — becoming the first in his family to do so. A month later, the family had a memorial luncheon in ...