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 ...

HOPE/TEXARKANA, Texas (KTAL/KSHV) – The University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana Funeral Service program is celebrating 30 years of preparing funeral directors and embalmers who serve families across ...

Krystal Osborne remembers seeing the footage of a car accident on her grandmother’s television. The graphic details — broken glass, crushed cars and blood — would force many to squirm or look away.

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 ...

Days are numbered for the state regulatory board that has overseen funeral directors and embalmers for more than 100 years. Under a new law signed by Gov. Doug Ducey, the board will be replaced at the ...

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 occurring and ...