Families are facing growing emotional and financial strain as funeral costs continue to rise, a charity has warned. Quaker ...

More than half of U.S. adults aged 45 and older estimate the cost of a funeral at less than $10,000, yet the actual costs are actually somewhere between $15,000 and $20,000, according to Choice Mutual ...

The Funeral Consumer Alliance doesn’t recommend prepaying for a funeral unless you need to spend down your financial resources so you can qualify for Medicaid.

People are cutting costs even after death. They’re purchasing less expensive caskets and urns; cutting back on services; choosing cremations more often so they do not have to bear the burden of ...

According to the National Funeral Directors Association, the average cost of a funeral ranges from $6,280 to $8,300 as of 2023. Life insurance could provide your family with financial security and the ...

BREAK THE BANK TO HAVE A MEANINGFUL FAREWELL. AFTER LOSING HER FATHER UNEXPECTEDLY, SCARLETH WAS OVERWHELMED BY GRIEF AND THE FUNERAL COSTS JUST THE GROUND ITSELF. THE CASKET. THERE’S VAULTS INVOLVED.

ARKANSAS, USA — Among the unenviable tasks a funeral director has to perform is guiding the grief-stricken through one of the saddest times of their lives and then handing them a bill indicative of ...

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FUNERALS ARE OFTEN ONE OF LIFE’S BIGGEST EXPENSES. PLANNING AHEAD CAN BE UNCOMFORTABLE, BUT IT CAN SAVE MONEY AND HELP EASE THE BURDEN ON YOUR LOVED ONES. CONSUMER REPORTS HAS SOME PRACTICAL ADVICE ON ...

A benefit plate sale in Robstown will help cover funeral expenses for a father and his two children, ages 4 and 12. The ...