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Please read this touching essay by Nicole Brodeur, a columnist for the Seattle Times, about her family scattering her mother's cremated remains. When Nicole wrote about her mother's death ...

Required Virginia Cremation Certification Training Sessions Scheduled

Attention all Virginia funeral directors, cremationists and cemeterians:
Effective July 8, ...

Resources Available At The Library Of Congress Web Site (updated periodically)

Would You Await The Judgment Day In Urn Or In Coffin?
[New-York Tribune (New York [N.Y.]) September 04, 1910]

Prejudice Against Cremation Is On The Decline

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in 2004 implemented a rule for transporting urns as carry-on luggage, requiring that urns must pass successfully through the x-ray machine. According to TSA, many urns generate an opaque image and will not be permitted through airport security, and urns will not be opened by security personnel.

TSA recommends that consumers purchase a temporary container made of wood, plastic or non-lead lined ceramic for transporting their loved one's remains.