BALTIMORE — It’s almost like a washing machine, if you ask Joseph H. Brown. The casket-shaped metal tank sitting in Brown’s crematory in West Baltimore uses hot water, chemicals and a bit of agitation ...

The majority of people in the U.S. are now cremated after death. To most, that means disposing of a body with fire. But proponents are trying to bring a new form of "cremation" to Indiana — one that ...

Gentle Water Cremation, a Mangonia Park-based company offers a new way of processing human remains that is an alternative to burial or flame cremation.

When we think of ashes, there are many images that might come to mind—the powdery remnants at the bottom of a fireplace in deep winter, the soft bed of a crackling campfire in the mountains, volcanic ...

The oldest previously known funeral pyre in the world was discovered in Alaska and dates to approximately 11,500 years ago, but that cremation involved a young child rather than an adult. Some burned ...

Death is expensive. When a loved one passes, you face an emotional and financial toll. The minimum cost to transport, store and legally process a body after death in most states is $1,000. That price ...