The National Funeral Directors Association has predicted that by 2035, nearly 80% of Americans will opt for cremation. When the first U.S. indoor cremation machine was opened in 1876 in Lancaster, ...

A family-owned funeral home in Missouri purchased the 19th-century building and converted it into an operation for performing alkaline hydrolysis — a water-based alternative to traditional cremation.

Heafey Hoffmann Dworak & Cutler is seeking $5.75 million after a fire damaged a funeral chapel at 78th Street and West Center Road. An Omaha mortuary and its insurers are seeking at least $5.75 ...