Steve Metsch is a freelance reporter for the Naperville Sun. If you know of a business you’d like to see profiled in Down to ...

Six years ago, Kelly Avery and Kristin Harper, sisters from Birmingham, Ala., gathered their families by the sky-blue ocean waters of Destin, Fla., to memorialize their mother, Barbara Harper. They ...

Go ahead and plan your funeral, but think twice before paying in advance. You risk losing everything if the funeral home goes out of business. Instead, keep your money in a pay-on-death account at ...

MOORHEAD — A local funeral home is encouraging families to have difficult conversations about end-of-life planning to avoid tougher decisions later. Planning for death can feel exhausting. Deciding on ...

Know your rights before you ring. The Federal Trade Commission requires funeral directors to give you price information over the phone if you ask for it—without you first having to share your name, ...