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.

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 ...

DIY Funerals: Rite at Home is a five-part radio series exploring home funerals. The series ran from July 4 to July 8 on CBC Radio One's afternoon shows in B.C. Taking care of dead loved ones at home ...

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 ...

Viewers of Coronation Street have been intrigued by Roy Cropper's plans for a "DIY" funeral for his terminally ill wife Hayley. Roy was seen searching on the internet for "do it yourself" funerals, ...

DIY Funerals: Rite at Home is a five-part radio series exploring home funerals. The series runs July 4 to July 8 on CBC Radio One's afternoon shows in B.C. Pashta MaryMoon was seven years old when she ...

DIY Funerals: Rite at Home is a five-part radio series exploring home funerals. The series runs July 4 to July 8 on CBC Radio One's afternoon shows in B.C. When Flora Purcell arrived at an East ...

Some poor people have been forced to opt for ‘DIY funerals’ in their back garden (Picture posed by model: Rex) Poverty and the rising costs of funerals have driven an increasing number of British ...

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