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Cremations catching on as funeral option (Dover Post)
Funeral Director Bennie Smith sees the tide changing with the way many people view death, and he has prepared for Read More

Inland-area mortuaries accommodate increasingly diverse funeral customs (The Press-Enterprise)
As the population of the Inland area becomes more ethnically and culturally diverse, mortuaries are trying to accommodat Read More

'Death midwife' services in demand to cut burial costs (The Palm Beach Post)
When Jerrigrace Lyons goes out on a case, she carries a basic set of tools: makeup kit, cardboard caskets and a handbook Read More

'Death midwife' as funeral alternative (Los Angeles Times)
With money tight, many families are holding funerals -- even burials -- at home. Specialists help out with the paperwork Read More

"Death midwives" tap a growing market (Seattle Times)
Business is booming for specialists who can help families save money and find more options for saying goodbye to loved o Read More

Calvin Natt assists grieving parents with funerals (MSNBC)
DENVER (AP) -Calvin Natt delicately clutched the body of 4-year-old Aeliyah French against his chest, dipping her tiny h Read More

Natt assists grieving parents (Bastrop Daily Enterprise)
Former Bastrop High basketball star Calvin Natt is making a difference as the owner of a Denver funeral home. Read More

Green living — and green dying? (The Meridian Star)
With troubling weather reports and unstable gas prices, the green fever that environmentalists have been trying to pass Read More

Cremation is on the rise (Baltimore Sun)
Edward Rucker (pictured) sits behind his grandmother's ashes. Cremation has been gaining wider acceptance nationwide for Read More

Cutting the cost of death (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
Mounting financial pressures are prompting Americans to sell cemetery plots for cash, arrange less-formal funerals and c Read More