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Returning the Nation’s Cremated Veterans Home

PHOENIX—From ashes to ashes, thousands of veterans’ remains rest in cremation urns, locked away unclaimed in funeral homes for years, even decades. Mark Wells, a veteran and the Arizona state ...

"We don't have a grave. What should we do with the ashes?" — You can think about the final resting place after bringing them home

"We don't have a family grave. What should we do with the ashes after the cremation?"This is a question I sometimes hear during pre-funeral consultations. Perhaps the parents did not inherit the ...
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More Than 20 Million Americans Have Loved Ones Whose Cremated Remains Have No Permanent Place to Be Remembered

National Cremation Placement Day will bring communities together October 17 to honor these lives and create lasting legacies. COLD SPRING, Minn., Sept. 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 20 million ...
Chicago Sun-Times

Sisters have doubts about cremated remains: ‘Where is my mama?’

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Chicago Tribune

South Chicago Chapel families may never know the truth about the cremated remains of loved ones, experts say

After Malissa Smith hired a funeral service company operating out of South Chicago Chapel to cremate her mother’s remains in late May, she was told that it could take two to three months to receive ...
The Spokesman-Review

Among what was lost in the Spokane fires were cremated remains. With the help of archeologists, one woman got her mother back

Keenan Burt, holds a bag containing the remains of his mother-in-law and a burnt drawing found nearby, as archeologist Kassie Rippee with Alta Heritage Foundation, right, embraces his wife CaitlLynn ...