I'm in my 50s and thinking about prepaying my own funeral. Is it worth it?

Question: A good friend recently died and it made me wonder, should I prepay my own funeral? Is it worth it to set up now ...

My Dad Had Some Unusual Requests For His Funeral. 3 Years Later, People Are Still Talking About It.

Dad kept a folder at home in his den with handwritten notes about his wishes for his own memorial. In the folder, he included favorite hymns, songs, poems and notes. He died in early February 2022, ...
WTAE-TV

'Never be on my payroll:' Corridoni Funeral Services denies employment of accused pet funeral director Patrick Vereb

FUNERAL HOME OWNER. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR RECEIVED TIPS THAT THE CONTROVERSIAL FUNERAL HOME DIRECTOR IS NOW WORKING AT A FUNERAL HOME AFTER ALLEGEDLY TAKING MONEY FOR PET BURIALS AND ...
New York Post

I created my own funeral photo montage — so I know I’ll be remembered at my hottest

What was meant to be a low-key night of snacks and laughs took an unexpectedly emotional turn for two best friends. Instead of their usual catch-up routine, Alexis arrived at Jasmine’s home with a ...
Opinion

I'm a funeral director. These days it's only me and the deceased at graveside services.

Instant cremations have become not a way to celebrate a life, but a way to delete one. I'm afraid of what – of who – is being forgotten.
MSNBC

Covid quadrupled the number of bodies coming into my funeral home

As we commemorate the fifth anniversary of the World Health Organization declaring the novel coronavirus a pandemic, this is the third column of a six-part MSNBC Daily series that reflects on the ...