The national average cost of a basic cremation — with no additional services — is $2,057. However, from one city to another — and even from one funeral home to another — the cost can vary from less ...

Cremation, once an obscure choice not even considered by most families, is now chosen instead of burial for their loved ones by more than 60 percent of Floridians. Part of the reason is financial; ...

Sandra Burnum's brother was dying of cancer, and to help the family prepare, she inquired with the funeral home in his small Oregon town about the cost of a cremation. The price, which included ...

Planning a funeral is “just like buying a car,” says Nancy Persons, a 16-year volunteer with the citizens’ advocacy group Funeral Consumer Society of Colorado. “Would you buy a car without ...