When someone dies, their body transitions from life to death and undergoes significant changes. This can feel overwhelming and scary to you, but it doesn't have to be. Learning more about it is the...

While funeral services are typically formal events, viewings are informal gatherings where loved ones can spend time with the body of the deceased prior to burial or cremation. When a family decides...

In many countries, cultures, and religions, death is followed by a burial and a funeral service. For the departed loved ones, the funeral is a celebration of life, an opportunity to say goodbye, and...

When a person dies, their organs lose all function, and eventually, their body begins to decompose. Have you, however, wondered how long this process of decomposition takes? It takes one month to...

Funeral embalming has been performed throughout history for the staging of important individuals after their death for exhibition, preserving bodies for research or hygienic control, and establishing...

Deciding what to put on a grave marker or headstone is a big decision. How can you encompass someone’s entire life in just a few words on a stone? The best epitaphs capture the essence of the...