Walter Williams, 78, was pronounced dead by medical staff and transported to a Mississippi funeral home in a body bag. But ...

DOTHAN, Ala. (WDHN) — While funeral homes are doing services differently now due to the pandemic, some are also taking extra safety precautions when embalming bodies. According to Sunset Memorial ...

Upwards of 2.8 million people die every year in the United States. As a funeral director who heads a university mortuary science program, I can tell you that while each individual’s life experiences ...

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 ...

It's part of life — losing a loved one and seeing them go through the funeral process, but few of us can say we truly understand what happens behind the scenes at a mortuary and funeral home. That's ...

"The employee was placing Constance Glantz onto the table to start their process and the employee noticed that she was still breathing," Lancaster County Sheriff Chief Deputy Ben Houchin said. A ...

As Halloween approaches and the fall decor goes up, we find ourselves surrounded by pumpkins, scary movies and mountains of candy. 'Tis the season to be spooked -- but consider the fact that some ...

The ancient Egyptians were prolific record keepers. For thousands of years, they jotted down everything from legal documents to literature on papyrus rolls and tablets of wood and stone. But there’s ...

BURLINGTON, Iowa (AP) -- A Burlington funeral home and one of its employees have been fined by the state for embalming a body before getting the family's permission. The Iowa Board of Mortuary Science ...

It happened on Tuesday at Garnes and Toney Funeral Home on East Andrews Avenue. Police said embalming fluid and an embalming machine were taken during the break-in. Authorities said dipping cigarettes ...

A former employee is accused of stealing an embalming machine from a Nashville funeral home, police say. Officers responded to a theft report at Smith Funeral Home Monday where Melvin Smith, the ...