In the basement of an old factory building on East Main Street, a small, unadorned space with a cracked concrete floor serves as a showroom. Urns gathered from area flea markets fill the shelves.

Scientist, artist, serial entrepreneur Luc Nadeau, of Longmont, a 44-year-old father of two, is one of those people who can do just about anything he sets his mind or his hands to. The multi-property ...

GREENVILLE, Mich. – A local couple is offering families a bit of hope during some of their darkest times, making handmade caskets for people who can’t afford a commercial one. Mary Smith and her ...

WASHINGTON (RNS) A group of Catholic monks can continue selling their handmade caskets after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from Louisiana funeral directors. “We really can now move ...

NEW ORLEANS (CN) - An order of monks can sell handmade caskets without a Louisiana funeral home license, a federal judge ruled. The monks of St. Joseph, a Catholic monastery of 38 monks located in ...

The walnut planks used to make Caroline Found’s casket grew for 120 years in a quiet northeast Iowa forest. Tucked away behind a hulking limestone monastery, the tree was prayed over by the monks of ...

LOS ANGELES, May 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Support and relief come to families during this time at www.nailandwood.com in the form of affordable, handmade caskets made in the USA and free shipping. For ...

A former priest is building pine caskets and urns in a century-old church in Minnesota with a goal of making funerals more affordable. KARE-TV reports that Mark Coen’s company, Simple Pine Box, sells ...

After a long legal fight, the U.S. Supreme Court has let stand a lower court ruling that Benedictine monks in Louisiana have the right to sell their handmade wooden caskets to the public. "It's a ...

WASHINGTON (RNS) “We really can now move forward without worrying about being shut down,” said Deacon Mark Coudrain, manager of St. Joseph Woodworks in Covington, La. WASHINGTON (RNS) A group of ...