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 ...

COLUMBIA, Mo. (CN) - The state's attorney general has filed a suit seeking to shut down a funeral home that allowed bodies to be stored without refrigeration or embalming more than 10 months. A recent ...

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 ...

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 ...

Joseph Wagner operates a funeral home in a small Minnesota town, so he believes it's not a big deal that he doesn't do all the legal paperwork before removing a body or embalming it as required by law ...

"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 ...

The ancient Egyptians were prolific record keepers. For thousands of years, they jotted down everything from legal documents to literature on papyrus rolls and tablets of wood and stone. But there’s ...

Several Austin-area funeral home embalmers say it's common practice to pour human blood from corpses down the drain, a procedure that Austin Water officials admit they were unaware was occurring and ...

The Minnesota Department of Health has cited Joseph Wagner, owner of Wagner Funeral Home in Jordan, for storing applesauce in his facility’s embalming room. Wagner is also running for Scott County ...

The first time Andre Dawson drove a hearse, he turned to the woman in the casket and said, completely serious, “I’ll do my best to make sure this isn’t bumpy.” The first time he told Hall of Fame ...