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The National Funeral Directors Association has predicted that by 2035, nearly 80% of Americans will opt for cremation. When the first U.S. indoor cremation machine was opened in 1876 in Lancaster, ...

Nearly two-thirds of Americans now opt for cremation – a figure that has been steadily increasing over five decades. On the surface, that proportion tells a simple story: The nation has embraced ...

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Funeral director Peter DeLuca, owner of Greenwich Village Funeral Home, holds a cremation urn in the showroom of his funeral parlor in New York City. (Credit: Stock Photo.) Listen The National Funeral ...

The cremation paradox A central tension emerged in the survey results: While 72.6% of respondents said they would consider cremation, only 33.4% ranked it as their actual first choice. Casket burial ...

The National Funeral Directors Association has predicted that by 2035, nearly 80% of Americans will opt for cremation. Less than 100 years later—in 1963—English writer Jessica Mitford wrote the ...