WELLFLEET, Mass. -- When 20-month-old Adelaida Kay Van Meter died of a rare genetic disease last winter, her father, Murro, gently carried her body out of the house to his wood shop in the pines near ...

As people gather for the holidays, some use the opportunity to discuss difficult but important family topics. That includes what folks want to happen when they die and how they want to be remembered.

First it was homebrew and pickling. Now the do-it-yourself trend has reached a new frontier - the DIY funeral. The idea is to take a more "hands on" approach, and save thousands of dollars in the ...

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