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 ...

"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 ...

For millennia, humans have used different methods to preserve the deceased, from Egyptian mummification to modern embalming. While embalming is common in the United States, there is growing interest ...

When George Fiske embalmed his first body in Cape Verde, people there gave him strange looks. “I think they thought I was from outer space,” Fiske, a longtime Brockton funeral home director, recalled.

AUSTIN, Texas — Several Austin-area funeral home embalmers say it's common practice to pour human blood from corpses down the drain, a procedure that Austin Water officials admit they were unaware was ...

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 ...

In light of Pope Francis’ death on April 21, Catholic authorities are preparing the much-anticipated process to decide upon his successor. However, many people are wondering about a more burning ...

Duluth-area funeral directors woke on Thursday to a story, "Confronting death in time of COVID-19," on page A1 of the News Tribune, that struck them in ways it didn't hit other readers. The death of ...

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 ...