A death can feel catastrophic and overwhelming, not only for mourners who loved the deceased person but also for anyone outside the loss who understands the pain it has caused. That is one of the most ...

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 ...

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, brains usually are put back in the belly of the cadaver. When I tell ...

Sen. Rick Williams, a Milledgeville Republican, presents SB 239, which would remove the requirement that funeral directors be licensed in embalming in order to work in Georgia, on Feb. 5, 2026, in ...

BALTIMORE — There were so many bodies in Hari Close’s funeral home one day last month that he arrived to begin embalming them at 2 a.m. It was his 61st birthday, but he had to get to work. Later that ...