Scientists process the ashes to extract the pure carbon ... She says that as a mourning custom, memorial diamonds and smart urns are really just modern iterations of much older cultural traditions.

Military funerals were held Friday for three Massachusetts veterans whose unclaimed urns were among 200 discovered last year.

If memorial jewelry doesn’t jibe with ... of closure that's a bit different from scattering ashes or storing them in a traditional urn. If you want a distinctive way to pay tribute to your ...

Image caption, The Ashes urn is not the official trophy for the ... was a campaigner for the right to human cremation, which was still illegal at the time the 'obituary' was written.