April 2015

Digital Dying Weekly News: 4/24/2015

By: Funeralwise | Date: Sat, April 25th, 2015

We are always sad when the top of the news is an untimely death. This week we said goodbye to another young star, Sawyer Sweeten. ...

Digital Dying Weekly News: 4/17/2015

By: Funeralwise | Date: Sat, April 18th, 2015

This week we acknowledge the anniversary of the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. We also take time to remember the ...

My Name is Katharine Lowrie and I Talk to Dead People

By: Molly Gorny | Date: Wed, April 15th, 2015

Katharine Lowrie often introduces herself as someone who talks to dead people. It might be a bit more accurate to say she talks about dead ...

Angel Gowns offer comfort to grieving families.

By: Molly Gorny | Date: Tue, April 14th, 2015

Not long ago a colleague sent me an article about an organization that recycles wedding gowns into spectacular burial dresses fit for an angel. The ...

Digital Dying Weekly News: 4/10/2015

By: Funeralwise | Date: Fri, April 10th, 2015

This week we were sad to see the news of the death of Lauren Hill, the brave teenager whose battle with brain cancer went public ...

Death by Bee: When Killer Bees Attack, From Utah to Shaanxi to Wutang

By: Justin Nobel | Date: Fri, April 10th, 2015

Spring has sprung and summer is fast approaching, that means pool parties and potato salad and sleepaway camp and killer bees.

Digital Dying Weekly News: 4/3/2015

By: Funeralwise | Date: Fri, April 3rd, 2015

This week we said goodbye to pioneering televangelist Robert Schuller and to the Japanese woman who held the title of the world's oldest person. We ...