In 1937, members of a statewide organization of black morticians and embalmers posed for this shot during an annual convention which included an Undertaker's Ball, a tradition which faded from ...
UNNATURAL CAUSES SICK AND DYING IN SMALL-TOWN AMERICA | Since the turn of this century, death rates have risen for whites in midlife, particularly women. The Washington Post is exploring this trend ...
Lots of businesses turn to social media to build their brand. But sixth-generation mortician Caleb Wilde is in the business of dead bodies. So when he posts his perspective on Facebook and Twitter, ...
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Undertaker blasted for making funeral 'about himself' with 'creepy' march in front of hearse
An undertaker has been blasted for making a funeral 'all about himself' with a 'creepy' march in front of the hearse. The funeral director company posted to TikTok showing an undertaker leading the ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - There are 48 bodies in the basement of the funeral home in Harlem. Forty are in cardboard boxes, ready for cremation. The other eight are in the refrigerator, to be embalmed and ...
It's certainly not a job for the faint-hearted. In the US, there are thought to be more than 23,000 morticians who are required to deal with death on a daily basis. For outsiders, it appears to be a ...
The first call came in at 2:30 p.m. on June 23, 1921. A family’s loved one passed away at Auburn City Hospital and was requesting the service of the newly established funeral home. The late Mr. and ...
EVERY minute more than 100 people die. Most of these deaths bring not just grief to some, but also profit to others. America’s 2.7m-odd deaths a year underpin an industry worth $16bn in 2017, ...
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