Danielle Calvaresi, a mortician, said she attended her grandmother’s funeral when she was 13 years old and was struck by the fact that her grandma looked disturbingly “gray and waxy.” ...

He called for a "complete overhaul" of the death to funeral journey, including new laws to protect the dead and believes part of the problem lies in "our uneasy relationship with death", describing ...

The mummy of the 'air-dried chaplain' in his coffin in the church crypt of St. Thomas am Blasenstein, Austria. Credit: Andreas Nerlich. Researchers have examined a mummy from a small Austrian village ...

Women in Ireland are starting to break the glass ceiling and enter professions that were previously male-dominated, and the funeral business is no exception. While the stereotypical image of a funeral ...

Meet the 34-year old embalmer who was inspired by her grandfather's work to help grieving families in Leeds. Charlotte Ince was working in a warehouse before she took up work as an embalmer because ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. -Credit:Co-op Funeralcare, Towngate (Co-op Funeralcare, Towngate) Meet the 34-year old embalmer who was inspired by her ...

Most people spend their lives avoiding thoughts of death. For Charlotte Ince, it’s her life’s work – and her greatest act of care. Did you know with a Digital subscription to Yorkshire Post, you can ...

The body of the 88-year-old will be on display for three days in Saint Peter's Basilica Chief Rabbi of Rome Riccardo Di Segni as he pay his respect to late Pope Francis in the Chapel of Santa Marta in ...

Rome (AFP) – Ahead of his lying-in-state, Pope Francis's body was made ready to withstand Rome's warm spring weather with a temporary embalming and a touch of make-up, an expert told AFP. The body of ...