What Have I Gotten Myself Into? – Toby Sutton
Toby Sutton is an Embalmer/ Funeral Director at Emerson Funeral Home in Jonesboro, Arkansas. He graduated from Weiner High School in 1996, University of Arkansas at Monticello in...
We Want To Hear From You
Today is a very exciting day!! I am traveling to Chicago for the Wilbert Funeral Services annual Sales meeting, but while I am there I will be doing...
Man Pronounced Dead, Found Alive in Casket
As the lid of his coffin was about to be sealed, Josef Guzy?s grieving widow made one last request for her late husband?s necklace. The 76-year-old Polish beekeeper...
Tony Stewart’s 1984 Cadillac Hearse – Smoke Deville – Pictures
As I was channel surfing last night I came across a re-run of a 2006 episode of Unique Whips, a reality show on SpeedTv that features Unique Autosports...
The Treatment of Those Who Died in the Haitian Earthquake
The members of the National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA), the National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association (NFD&MA), the Cremation Association of North America (CANA), the Casket and Funeral...
2,000 People Apply For Embalmer Job!
Designing computer chips and marketing flat screen televisions are not the only desirable jobs in Taiwan, one of Asia's high-tech hubs - there's also embalming. When a funeral...
Costco Delivers Casket to Wrong Funeral Home, Wrong State!
The following is a letter written to The Consumerist, by a gentleman who ordered a casket from Costco's for his mothers funeral. The letter was posted on The...
Death of The Direct Cremation – Video
The following video comes from the website: www.thedeathofthedirectcremation.com. The website is done by Aurora Casket company, though I am not sure if this video was done by them...
Stress and the Funeral Industry – Part 1
Ways to Cope with the Stress of Working in the Funeral Industry, and How to Keep from Landing Yourself on Your Own Embalming Table In the funeral industry...
Forgotten Dead, In Storage
It's a small room that could be in any Midwestern basement: paneled walls, concrete floor, low ceiling, fluorescent lights, gray metal shelves lining two walls. But what's on...