The Tree of Angels ceremony was first started by Verna Lee Carr in Texas in 1991 to honor victims of violent crime and their ...

Heartfelt services, paying tribute to lives lost this year, were held in Westhampton Beach, Southampton, East Hampton and ...

A bright light, even in dark times, that was the idea behind a gathering in Marion County that gave families of people in ...

In moments of loss, it can be difficult to find the right way to honor a life that deeply touched our own. For many families, a memorial gift to the Community Foundation of White County offers a ...

The Joe Ferry Christmas String Band performs in South Philadelphia each year in memory of loved ones they lost too soon.

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THREE sisters have come together to get a postbox installed at Redditch Crematorium for people to send letters to lost loved ...

DALLAS TWP. — Tara Yamelski still talks to her deceased mother through a wind phone memorial in her yard to channel her grief. The Shavertown woman finds it helpful and thinks it can help others ...

Victims of road traffic crashes, their loved ones and community advocates gathered Sunday outside The George Washington University Hospital ahead of a walk to the Lincoln Memorial. The gathering, ...

PITTSBURGH — A group for grieving mothers in Pittsburgh helped raise funds on Saturday through memorial lockers. “Lockers of Love” is part of the Woman2Woman initiative, which connects mothers with ...

Few moments are more heartbreaking for families of Alzheimer’s disease patients than when a loved one no longer recognizes them. New research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine may ...