History: Saint Meinrad Archabbey, a Catholic Benedictine monastery, was founded in 1854 in Spencer County by monks from Einsiedeln Abbey in Switzerland. Per their tradition, monks are buried in wood ...

Working on hand-crafted caskets gives Jude Collins a lot of time to think. She sometimes muses about life, death and her heritage, particularly from her maternal grandfather, who many years ago owned ...

The costs associated with passing on can vary wildly depending on how someone prefers their death to be handled by loved ones. At the low end, direct cremation (with ashes stored at home or scattered) ...