Showing posts with label Cremated Remains. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cremated Remains. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 14, 2025

USPS adds a new option for shipping cremated remains

"...Beginning Monday, May 12, USPS will introduce a smaller Priority Mail Express product to allow customers to ship these jewelry and keepsake items in a box more suitable to the size of the shipment.

The new Priority Mail Express box is 9 inches long, 7.25 inches wide and 5 inches high. ..."    


This Article is From: news.usps.com


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Thursday, April 29, 2021

Ashes in the mail: Covid changes the logistics of death

"...“I don’t want to send someone I knew all my life through the mail,” said Stan Reese. The Huntsville, Alabama, resident is starting a business to personally collect ashes for others and then hand-carry them to scenic places, where they will be scattered — on video if requested. He knows that relatives are not always physically able to fly or drive long distances to get a loved one’s ashes, and that quarantine guidelines and potential exposure to COVID makes others reluctant. He said his service will help families avoid having “the last time they see their loved one be when they put a stamp on them.”..."    


This Article is From: www.phillytrib.com
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