Wendt is the oldest funeral home in Illinois, as well as the fifth-oldest in the entire country, and the business has ...

A growing trend in Western funerals is for family and loved ones to put hot cattle brands to wooden caskets. It’s the most ...

She is remembered by her family and friends as a joyful, spontaneous person who loved to joke, laugh and dance. The single ...

On Thursday, he again faced ire when he was pictured with closed eyes and his head down as politicos came together under one roof to honour the life of former President Jimmy Carter, who died on ...

“Ms. Mary” walked to the front pew and embraced Amy as they stood beside Carter’s flag-draped casket. Above them, on the wall, was a wooden cross that Jimmy Carter fashioned in his woodshop. Carter’s ...

Jimmy Carter was celebrated Thursday for his personal humility and public service before, during and after his presidency during a funeral at Washington National Cathedral featuring the kind of ...

Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump, not known for being best buddies, engaged in some friendly chit-chat and shared a few laughs ...

Jimmy Carter, who considered himself an outsider even as he sat in the Oval Office as the 39th U.S. president, will be honored Thursday with the pageantry of a funeral at Washington National Cathedral ...

Casket: $2,500 The average cost of a casket is $2,500. Metal caskets are cheaper than wooden caskets. The cheapest options are rental caskets and green burial caskets. This is the cost for bringing ...

His remains now rest in a wooden casket that was carried and guarded by military pallbearers in impeccable dress uniforms, similar to the attire worn by the Naval Academy midshipmen who saluted ...

The flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter lies in state during a ceremony in the Capitol, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, in Washington. Carter died Dec. 29 at the age of 100. (Saul Loeb/Pool via ...

His remains now rest in a wooden casket being carried and guarded by military pallbearers in their impeccable dress uniforms. As Carter’s remains left Georgia, President-elect Donald Trump ...