Christo Ayoub was the kind of person who believed his treasures were stored in Heaven. "His main concern was to just bring light to people that were not aware of God," said his daughter, Carol Sfeir.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. • Funeral directors are moving to claim millions of dollars in refunds for sales taxes paid on caskets, burial vaults and concrete grave liners. An administrative judge ruled in ...

Elmwood Cemetery is thought to be the only place in the Kansas City metropolitan area that allows natural burials. JILL TOYOSHIBA The Kansas City Star Sixty years ago last month, several members of ...