The widow and two children of a South Gate man allege that a Montebello funeral home brutally botched their loved one’s embalming, depriving the family of a meaningful final farewell. The mortuary ...

After nearly five decades in the funeral sector, one of Britain’s first female embalmers is stepping back from day-to-day operations at Nottingham-based A.W. Lymn. She will remain involved in the ...

If you have ever stood close to an ancient Egyptian mummy, you may remember a distinctive, lingering odor. For a long time, it was assumed that this was simply due to age and decay. However, ...

MANILA, Philippines — His work begins when someone dies. The dead is brought to him and laid on a steel table in a fluorescent-lit, refrigerator-cold room reeking of formalin, where he prepares the ...

PHOENIX — Watch Monica Torres, a licensed funeral director, embalmer, and desairologist in the Valley, discuss the cultural importance of embalming and pre-planning for Latino families, emphasizing ...

New facility provides efficient services for body preservation and repatriation Major General Abdullah Mubarak bin Amer, Commander-in-Chief of Sharjah Police, inaugurating the new embalming centre.

If you think of funeral directors as old emotionless men, this young woman and former Galway Rose will make you change your mind, as with her work as a funeral director and embalmer, she is fighting ...

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 ...

The pope's physician tried a method that didn't take internal preservation into account Wendy Grossman Kantor is an award-winning journalist who has contributed to PEOPLE for over 20 years. She ...

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 ...