Historically, you’d usually only get a first-hand view of what a mortician gets up to when it’s your turn to be embalmed. But now, people are getting a behind-the-curtain look at the morbid profession ...

NORTHFIELD, Ohio (CBS Local)-- If you are looking for a new way to memorialize loved ones who have passed, you may want to contact a father/son duo of morticians in Ohio. Michael Sherwood and his son ...

MULLINS, S.C. (AP) — When the last mourners departed and funeral director Shawn Troy was left among the headstones, he wept alone. For five decades, the closing words at countless funerals in this ...

ATLANTA - Leaders across metro Atlanta continue their calls for violence to end. New calls are coming from those who usually are called last to respond to the scene: morticians and funeral home ...

Park Se-jung who majors the funeral directing at Eulji University, is laid for practice of how to shroud the deceased during a class, in Seongnam SEOUL (Reuters) - A growing number of South Korean ...

Black funeral directors have long been a stable and stellar part of the African American community. But their role as elite and successful local business leaders is being exhausted by a growing number ...

It’s often an early encounter with death that leads young people to become morticians. For Victor Sweeney, the moment came at age 4 when he ran across the street to visit his friend, Robby. Robby’s ...

A mortuary student, who goes by the name "Mimi the Mortician" shares all of her knowledge about the death business on TikTok. TikTok Millennials are putting the “fun” back into “funerals.” And then ...

Long before funeral homes began opening across the United States, and (mostly male) funeral directors made an industry out of the task of preparing bodies to be buried, women did the work. They were ...

Youth violence touches many communities. But its impact on funeral directors is often overlooked. It's inevitavble that the profession will sometimes hit close to home. Black funeral professionals ...