When the remains are received in the church, placed before the altar, and kept overnight, the coffin should always be closed’ ...

Krystle Johnson said her family planned to hold an open-casket funeral after her mother-in-law died July 31 at a hospice facility. But after making arrangements with McDermott’s Funeral Home and ...

Bishop of Ardagh and Clonmacnois made statement after reports that practice had developed in parts of diocese recently ...

CHESAPEAKE, Va. — A Chesapeake woman is suing their local funeral home for neglecting her son's body after she said they showed a "grotesque display" of his body in an open casket. Tabitha Worrell is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From Dracula’s resting place to polished funeral-home displays, the vessels we associate with death have evolved, and so has the ...