The Funeral.com Journal

Resources to help you create tributes as unique as the people (and pets) you love. Learn how engraving, photos, colors, and symbols add meaning; discover scattering rituals and at-home memorial ideas. We focus on the details that matter—because small choices can carry a lifetime of comfort.

Water Cremation Explained: What Happens to the Water in Alkaline Hydrolysis? - Funeral.com, Inc.

Water Cremation Explained: What Happens to the Water in Alkaline Hydrolysis?

When a family chooses cremation, the hardest part is rarely the paperwork. It’s the quiet questions that show up afterward—usually late at night, usually in the same browser tab where...

Aquamation (Water Cremation) in Tennessee (2026): Legal Status, Providers & Costs - Funeral.com, Inc.

Aquamation (Water Cremation) in Tennessee (2026): Legal Status, Providers & Costs

If you are reading this, you are probably trying to make one of two kinds of decisions. Sometimes it follows a death, when everything feels urgent and unfamiliar. Other times...

Aquamation (Water Cremation) in South Carolina (2026): Legal Status, Providers & Costs - Funeral.com, Inc.

Aquamation (Water Cremation) in South Carolina (2026): Legal Status, Providers & Costs

When a death happens—or when a family is planning ahead—decisions come quickly. Some are emotional (“What would they have wanted?”), and some are practical (“What can we afford, and how...

Keeping Ashes at Home and Transferring Them to an Urn: Safety, Storage, and Rules - Funeral.com, Inc.

Keeping Ashes at Home and Transferring Them to an Urn: Safety, Storage, and Rules

If you’re reading this, you may be holding something that feels both ordinary and impossible at the same time: a container of cremated remains. The practical part of your brain...

Flying with Ashes on Southern Airways Express (2026): TSA Urn Rules + Regional Flight Tips - Funeral.com, Inc.

Flying with Ashes on Southern Airways Express (2026): TSA Urn Rules + Regional Flight Tips

Flying with someone’s cremated remains is already emotional, and smaller regional flights can add a layer of uncertainty. Southern Airways Express serves many routes through smaller airports, where boarding can...

Flying with Ashes on Contour Airlines (2026): TSA Screening, Carry-On Advice & Airline Contacts - Funeral.com, Inc.

Flying with Ashes on Contour Airlines (2026): TSA Screening, Carry-On Advice & Airline Contacts

Most trips begin with a suitcase and a plan. Traveling with cremated remains begins with something much heavier: the responsibility of caring for someone you love while moving through a...

Flying with Ashes on Cape Air (2026): Small-Plane Baggage Limits, TSA Urn Rules & Paperwork - Funeral.com, Inc.

Flying with Ashes on Cape Air (2026): Small-Plane Baggage Limits, TSA Urn Rules & Paperwork

Flying with a loved one’s ashes is one of those tasks that feels both ordinary and impossible at the same time. Airports are built for speed and efficiency, but grief...

Flying with Ashes on Silver Airways (2026): What to Ask, What to Pack & TSA Screening Rules - Funeral.com, Inc.

Flying with Ashes on Silver Airways (2026): What to Ask, What to Pack & TSA Screening Rules

If you landed on this guide because you have a Silver Airways itinerary for 2026, start with one important update: Silver Airways announced it shut down and canceled flights on...

Flying with Ashes on Avelo Airlines (2026): Cremated Remains Policy + TSA-Friendly Urn Checklist - Funeral.com, Inc.

Flying with Ashes on Avelo Airlines (2026): Cremated Remains Policy + TSA-Friendly Urn Checklist

There are trips you plan with excitement, and there are trips you plan with a quiet kind of courage. Flying with cremated remains is often both: a practical travel problem...

Flying with Ashes on Sun Country Airlines (2026): Carry-On Rules, TSA Urn Tips & Documents - Funeral.com, Inc.

Flying with Ashes on Sun Country Airlines (2026): Carry-On Rules, TSA Urn Tips & Documents

There are trips you pack for with excitement, and trips you pack for with a quiet kind of courage. Flying with cremated remains often falls into the second category. You...

Flying with Ashes on Allegiant Air (2026): TSA Rules, Carry-On Tips & Airline Checklist - Funeral.com, Inc.

Flying with Ashes on Allegiant Air (2026): TSA Rules, Carry-On Tips & Airline Checklist

Flying after a loss can feel surreal. You’re trying to do something intensely meaningful—bringing someone to a final resting place, gathering family for a memorial, or simply keeping a promise—inside...

Flying with Ashes on Frontier Airlines (2026): TSA Screening Rules & Approved Urn Materials - Funeral.com, Inc.

Flying with Ashes on Frontier Airlines (2026): TSA Screening Rules & Approved Urn Materials

Most families don’t expect the hardest part of travel after a death to be the small, practical details. You might have already made dozens of decisions—cremation, a service or not,...

Flying with Ashes on Southwest Airlines (2026): Carry-On-Only Rules, TSA Screening & Packing Tips - Funeral.com, Inc.

Flying with Ashes on Southwest Airlines (2026): Carry-On-Only Rules, TSA Screening & Packing Tips

There are trips you plan with excitement, and there are trips you plan with a quiet kind of courage. Flying with a loved one’s cremated remains can feel like both...

Flying with Ashes on Hawaiian Airlines (2026): TSA Rules, Island Travel Tips & Airline Checklist - Funeral.com, Inc.

Flying with Ashes on Hawaiian Airlines (2026): TSA Rules, Island Travel Tips & Airline Checklist

Carrying a loved one’s ashes on a flight to Hawai‘i can feel like two journeys happening at once: the very practical work of airport logistics, and the quiet, tender work...

Flying with Ashes on United Airlines (2026): TSA Rules, Carry-On Tips & What to Confirm - Funeral.com, Inc.

Flying with Ashes on United Airlines (2026): TSA Rules, Carry-On Tips & What to Confirm

There are trips you pack for with excitement, and there are trips you pack for with a quiet kind of courage. If you’re flying with cremated remains on United Airlines...

Aquamation (Water Cremation) in Virginia (2026): Legal Status, Providers & Costs - Funeral.com, Inc.

Aquamation (Water Cremation) in Virginia (2026): Legal Status, Providers & Costs

If you are reading about aquamation in Virginia, you are probably carrying two things at once: a practical desire to make an environmentally mindful choice, and the emotional weight of...