cremation

The state's cremation rate has increased every year since at least 2006, from 33.1 percent then to 49.3 percent in 2016.

The death of a family member is never an easy experience, but it can certainly be an expensive one.

The struggling economy has been forcing people to cut costs at every opportunity, even when it comes to saying goodbye to those who have passed on. In New Jersey, the cremation rate has been rising for the last 25 years by an annual increase of 1.25%.