According to CDC data from 1999 to 2014, more deaths occur on a Saturday than any other day of the week. A look at how causes of death vary by day.
Delivering a eulogy is both an honor and a responsibility. What a eulogy should contain, how long it should run, and tips for writing and delivering it.
“Re-grief” refers to the renewed experience of mourning a loss that was previously grieved. It is a normal and healthy process — grief is an experience, not an event.
Embalming has been practiced for thousands of years. In modern culture it serves three purposes — to sanitize, preserve, and present the body.
“Blue Zone” is a term for geographic regions home to some of the world’s oldest and healthiest people. The five known Blue Zones and what their residents have in common.
Dr. Alan Wolfelt writes that although everyone grieves differently, there are “six needs of mourning” everyone should encounter as they move through the grieving process.
Why is a vault or outer burial container required by most cemeteries? The difference between sealing and non-sealing vaults, and what they protect.
“Just throw me in a pine box.” A funeral director on why funerals do not have to be expensive to be meaningful, and the value of taking time to remember a life.
Who had the most expensive funeral in modern history? The top contenders — and a reminder that your own funeral will cost a fraction of these.
The “birthday effect” is a statistical phenomenon in which a person’s likelihood of dying is higher on, or around, their birthday. Several possible explanations why.