The typical entry-level credential is an associate or bachelor's degree from an accredited mortuary school. A death can feel ...

A woman became a funeral director to overcome her fear of dying and says death has taught her to stop comparing herself to others. Melissa Schmidt, 34, used to get “tunnel vision” at the idea of dying ...

Matthew Gagne says he is proud to be a fourth generation funeralhome director. The 37-year-old Norwich resident is funeral director, manager and embalmer at Cummings-Gagne Funeral Home in Norwich. "I ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I was a funeral director and embalmer for 11 years. I learned a lot about our bodies and death by doing my job. After an autopsy, ...

It's not the topic that's regularly talked about, but for some people, death is their life. Funeral service operative and trainee embalmer Cari Vaughan has been working at Coop funeral care for 14 ...

(St. Louis, MO) — What was supposed to be a funeral turned into a police investigation after the family of a St. Louis man claimed a mortuary failed to embalm the body, and even failed to dress it.It ...

Deanne Edwards spends a lot of time with dead people. "It's such a fascinating world," Ms Edwards said. "When you're working on a person all you want to do is make them look as beautiful as you can ...