Cremation Will Outpace Burial 6-to-1 by 2045, New Report Says

Cremation Will Outpace Burial 6-to-1 by 2045, New Report Says

GALLUP, N.M.—Maggie Billiman’s life had always been about her family, the foundation of everything that made sense in her world. That world shattered on Jan. 16, when her only daughter, 29-year-old Kelsie Gregory, and her two grandsons, 5-year-old Matthew and 3-month-old Calen, died suddenly in Pilot Point, Texas. The cause of death was carbon monoxide poisoning. Within the Navajo tradition, life and death are constant companions, but Billiman n…