For many, there comes a time when it seems appropriate to make plans for future funeral needs. In West Virginia, it is legal for families to handle funerals and burials at home. But most people choose ...

If you have relatives who are getting older, they may be considering pre-paying for their funeral to make things easier for their survivors when they pass. Funeral directors will tell you prepaying ...

RANDOLPH CO. (WSIL) — A Sparta man has been sentenced to three years in prison for defrauding customers who had purchased pre-need funeral services. Nathan Lee, former owner of McDaniel-Lee Funeral ...

The passing of a loved one is not easy to handle, and having to deal with the financial and emotional stress of a funeral doesn’t help ease the pain. Even though death is inevitable, most people ...

PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) - While the Colorado Bureau of Investigation and local partners continue their criminal investigation into the Davis Mortuary, another state agency is just beginning. The Colorado ...

This is an updated column. It originally ran on May 6, 2001. Long before my grandmother died, she made me promise to handle her funeral and burial. “You better put me down like I want, or I’m coming ...

In 2012, Dave Nixon and his wife pre-purchased funeral packages from Joyce Funeral Home in Emmetsburg for $10,354.50 each. By the time his wife Judy died in 2020, a court had declared the funeral home ...

Ohio cemeteries say the legislature is trying to put them in a box. For decades, they've been putting 30% of the money they collect from prepaid casket sales into protected trusts while spending the ...