Oklahoma is only one of three states in the country where residents must purchase urns and caskets from funeral directors ...

“Before the pandemic, we made 100 coffins a month, now we make that many in just a week ... fleeing Venezuela two years ago. Gonzalez's business is contracted by Peru's health ministry.

So, “I saved what I could from sewing, and that’s how I began making coffins.” Initially, business was slow and Machava made only one or two coffins a week. But as locals grew familiar with ...

Buffets aren't as popular as they once were, with many chains no longer here and forgotten or just scrapping the buffet concept. We're here to jog your memory.

Benton County has set a series of public hearings on the possible expansion of Coffin Butte Landfill. Phoenix-based Republic Services has asked the county for a conditional use permit that will allow ...

A British man who dreamed of being buried in a coffin resembling a Snickers bar has gotten his dying wish — and his family ...

A fun-loving man who once joked about wanting a Snickers-themed coffin got his wish. Paul Broome, 55, of England, was recently laid to rest in the chocolate bar-branded box, which he asked for in ...

And in 1934 Marie Curie died with a ‘radioactive body’ and was buried in the lead coffin. Until 1995, Curie wasn't that popular when they found out that they were going to have radiation ...

(Glenda Simpson) The mayor of B.C's northernmost municipality is warning that tolls on commercial trucks traveling through the province to Alaska could be "the last nail in the coffin" of an ...

Hear a conversation recorded inside a Brooklyn funeral home. It's owned by Doris Amen. She and a fellow funeral director friend tell StoryCorps why they've been in the business for so long.