Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — They are here from all over the world. Funeral directors, in New Orleans for their international convention.

No, no, no. Please. Stop it. Stop it, please. Must we put the “fun” in funeral? Should we make death as whimsical as a made-for-TV Hallmark Channel movie starring Mary Steenburgen? Why the glum face?

When you think about it, it’s a shame you have to be dead to have a funeral. The best funerals are like big parties, and who likes missing the party? In a recent column encouraging people to get their ...

Morticians are finding ways to put the fun in funeral to get customers to think about their final farewells—and open their wallets—long before the end. At an industry convention in Baltimore last ...