A career in the funeral industry requires you to have a high level of compassion and a sturdy constitution – embalming bodies isn't for the fainthearted. You must deal with the grieving families, ...

When I tell people I worked as a funeral director and embalmer for 11 years, I'm met with two responses: disgusted fear and excited curiosity. The latter are teeming with questions and are delighted ...

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 ...

With the government declaring formaldehyde a carcinogen, these might be boom times for alternative embalming fluids — if it weren’t for the so-called everlasting effect funeral directors stake their ...

Embalmers and coroners step in immediately when a death is reported. Great care and respect must be shown in handling the body and determining or verifying the suspected cause of death. The median ...

If you died 200 years ago in America, your family would wash and dress your body and place it in a bed surrounded by candles to dampen the smell of decomposition. Your immediate family and friends ...

Abraham Lincoln was embalmed after his death. This was the first time most Americans saw an embalmed body, and it quickly became a national sensation. Getty If you died 200 years ago in America, your ...