DOTHAN, Ala. (WDHN) — While funeral homes are doing services differently now due to the pandemic, some are also taking extra safety precautions when embalming bodies. According to Sunset Memorial ...

For millennia, humans have used different methods to preserve the deceased, from Egyptian mummification to modern embalming. While embalming is common in the United States, there is growing interest ...

A substance abuse counselor, Trina Battle planned to enroll in Southwest Tennessee Community College to continue her studies in psychology or pursue a completely different major in graphic design. But ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When a life ends, those who remain deal with the body. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images Upwards of 3 million people die every year ...

Preserving dead bodies for a living might seem weird or creepy or depressing. "But it's actually one of the most rewarding jobs in the world," says John "Jack" Mitchell IV, a sixth generation funeral ...

When George Fiske embalmed his first body in Cape Verde, people there gave him strange looks. “I think they thought I was from outer space,” Fiske, a longtime Brockton funeral home director, recalled.

Duluth-area funeral directors woke on Thursday to a story, "Confronting death in time of COVID-19," on page A1 of the News Tribune, that struck them in ways it didn't hit other readers. The death of ...

"The employee was placing Constance Glantz onto the table to start their process and the employee noticed that she was still breathing," Lancaster County Sheriff Chief Deputy Ben Houchin said. A ...