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 ...

MATTOON — A fundraiser has been started to help with the burial costs of a Mattoon man who died in a two-vehicle crash on Wednesday north of town.

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 ...

There’s a white farmhouse-style building in Wilmot, Ohio where cherry blossoms frame the entrance in spring, and inside, they ...

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 ...

Junior Odinga pays his last respect at Mamboleo in Kisumu when the body arrived for viewing in Kisumu.[Emmanuel Wanson,Standard] In the Luo cultural tradition, burial rites are conducted in cognizance ...