funerals

When you spend tens of thousands of dollars to have your loved ones interred, you probably don't expect that years later grave robbers will plunder the mausoleum. But that's what happened on Long Island, where police are searching for thieves who vandalized three crypts at St. Charles Cemetery in...

While feelings are mixed on whether or not the U.S. is recovering or still at risk are mixed, at least we can be reassured by the reliability of death and taxes. The latter, of course, is being made more certain by IRS efforts to catch tax-dodgers, while the former needs no help. Unfortunately, the...

A few months ago, I wrote a series of posts on budget funerals, noting that options such as cremation, natural funerals and burial at sea could save a grieving family a lot of money. At the time, my main interest was showing that there are options outside the realm of expensive, traditional...

I guess it was almost as inevitable as the inevitable.Someone has found a way to marry the do-it-yourself industry with funerals. And why not? After all, software companies have given us ways to do taxes ourselves. Why shouldn't we use our PC to manage the only other thing that is certain?At first...

We hope that you plan to spend the rest of your life joining us in our quest for bargains. But what about afterward? It's no secret that the cost of dying is rising with the rest of the economy. According to the National Funeral Director's Association (NFDA) the average cost of a funeral in 2004...