Rituals around death are cultural expressions that occasionally collide with an individual's feelings. A supportive environment provides understanding within societal structures.

An outgoing outdoorsman who made friends everywhere and led tours of Lancaster County’s Amish country is likely one of six or fewer Pennsylvanians to die of West Nile virus this ...

The Alsip cemetery is the final resting place of Mamie and Emmett Till, rapper King Von, singer Dinah Washington and generations of other prominent figures.

Mexican American families are gathering to honor their ancestors with altars, marigolds and sugar skulls on Dia de los Muertos — the Day of the Dead.

At the Père-Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, a surprising array of living animals make their homes among the famous dead.

Many plants and flowers have symbolic meanings, and their presence on a grave may reflect something unique about the deceased ...

California pastor Jack Hibbs, who leads Calvary Chapel Chino Hills and is a friend of the Kirks, called her words an ...

Ed Gingerich made history as the first Amish man convicted for a killing after his 1993 attack on his wife Katie in ...

Four deaths this year highlight dangerous encounters between horse-drawn buggies and vehicles on rural highways where speed ...

Renowned author Amish Tripathi breaks long-held myths around the practice of Sati, asserting it was never a religious ritual ...

A funeral meant to honor a man who died by suicide took an unsettling turn after his best friend realized the “handwritten” tribute song and obituary were AI-generated. While the deceased’s family ...

A team of archaeologists have studied the remains of a 10,000-year-old baby with high technology. Their new paper not only found signs of ritual burial, but it reveals that baby carriers, or baby ...