Barbie Hsu’s family has chosen a natural burial for her remains, fulfilling her wish for an environmentally friendly resting place.

A matchbox coffin for a fly who once lived in an office; a headstone for a messenger pigeon ... “Such deaths often hold an unspoken kind of grief,” Koudounaris says. At cemeteries, that ...

or to turn their ashes into artworks or other memorials. You can even turn ashes into jewelry. But a toy that was important to your pet is a tribute that may hold the most meaning of all.

“We've been given the diagnosis, they've gone beyond the age expectation, but we still hold out hope ... even ways to turn their ashes or fur into beautiful keepsake memorials.

A granite headstone replaced ... that is on hold. “It’s heartbreaking, but we want to be part of helping Altadena rise from the ashes,” Zack said.

Donna and Bob Williamson call the strange souvenirs pulled from the ashes of their home their Museum ... but also to advise one another on rebuilding and to hold officials to account.

Perhaps Carter just could not, or did not want to hold on to see Trump return to ... which of course was the intention of the UDC in placing these memorials there,” she writes.

Bird calls replace the droning sounds of a Los Angeles suburb, and coyotes can sometimes be spotted strolling between headstones ... including his wife’s ashes, in case he had to leave again.