Auschwitz survivors revisit their haunted past.
January 27th, 2015 marks the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. Many of the notorious camp survivors have chosen to return to commemorate the ...
Category: In the News
CNN reports death of Taiwanese man after gaming binge.
We are sad to say that CNN has reported that a 32 year old man was found dead at an Internet cafe in Taiwan after ...
Boy who wrote about the afterlife recants book: I did not die. I did not go to Heaven.
In 2004 a young boy named Alex Malarkey was in a horrible accident that left him paralyzed. In 2010 a book titled "The Boy Who ...
PBS NewsHour airs documentary which explores Belgium’s euthanasia law.
PBS NewsHour recently published a feature which explores Belgium's liberal euthanasia law. The NewsHour segment is available on their website.
Friends Decorate Slain Charlie Hedbo Cartoonist’s Coffin for Funeral
On January 15th one of the cartoonists slain in the Charlie Hedbo attack was laid to rest outside Paris. Bernard Verlhac, who drew under the name 'Tignous', ...
How Millennials Mourn
After losing her mother to cancer, 27 year old Emily Kaiser struggled to find peace with her grief. In this moving piece that was published ...
Two US ski team members killed in avalanche.
We are sad to report that two rising stars on the US ski team have been killed in an avalanche while training in Austria.
Should mortician be a “most feared” profession?
Career Builder recently published a list of the jobs that Americans fear the most. We weren’t too surprised to see that morticians made the list ...
Casey Kasem finally laid to rest.
It has been confirmed that the remains of legedary disc jockey and radio host Casey Kasem have been laid to rest in Norway.
You’re as old as you feel–and here’s why that’s really important.
New research that was published December 15, 2014 in the JAMA Internal Medicine Journal indicates that individuals who felt younger than their real age live longer.
Personalization in funerals takes off.
According to the National Funeral Director's Association, it's the baby boomers who are driving the current trend toward more personal funerals. "Baby boomers see funerals ...
RIP Spiderman: Young father writes his own touching, funny obituary.
When Aaron Joseph Purpmort's obituary was published in the Minneapolis Star Tribune last Sunday, we were shocked to learn that Spiderman's reign as champion crime-fighter ...
Brazil’s Corinthians soccer team to open graveyard for its fans.
The love of Brazilian football (aka soccer) fans for their teams is legendary. Now followers of Brazil's famed Corinthians will be able to purchase one ...
November is National Caregivers Month
As we step back to say thanks at this time of year, we suggest you take a moment during National Caregivers Month to acknowledge the ...
