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Why some Pennsylvanians are forgoing embalming or cremation in favor of natural wooden caskets

Summary by NEXTpittsburgh
Bill Cornell knelt last September by some wingstem wildflowers. He brushed a few leaves off a rough stone from a creek on his former farm. Now his son’s inscription was easier to read: “Caleb ‘Cobra’ Cornell / Fury Tenderness Generosity / 1982-2024.” Nearby was another stone from the creek saying, “One of the good ones.” After Caleb died from a sudden illness, Bill found a will asking for an increasingly common kind of ceremony called a green bu…
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NEXTpittsburgh broke the news in on Thursday, January 8, 2026.
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