Gerry Lougheed, the funeral home’s president, said the new type of casket continues the company’s tradition of innovation ...

Amid vendors offering caskets, urns and other tools of the trade at the Baltimore Convention Center, Sam Sieber enthusiastically described how, through a scientific process, heated water can rapidly ...

Aug. 27, 2010— -- The legal fight between the coffin-making monks of St. Joseph Abbey and Louisiana's powerful funeral industry looks like a classic mismatch. In one corner – representing the ...

Picking the right funeral box is an important choice to make when saying goodbye to a loved one for good. A casket is not just a container; it's a symbol of respect, dignity, and a final resting place ...

Christo Ayoub was the kind of person who believed his treasures were stored in Heaven. "His main concern was to just bring light to people that were not aware of God," said his daughter, Carol Sfeir.

When Dee and Al Brown decided to open Discount Caskets, they had one goal in mind. "We're here to help the everyday man bury his loved ones with some dignity," Dee Brown said. In business since 2000, ...

It was supposed to be a regular day for 12-year-old Mariah Reginae Smith when she sat on her couch to watch “SpongeBob SquarePants” on Aug. 25. A few minutes later, she was shot to death in her Lake ...

NEW ORLEANS — In a sometimes harshly worded ruling, a federal appeals court Tuesday smacked down the Louisiana funeral board's continued attempts to prevent a group of monks from St. Joseph Abbey from ...

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