A recent Connecting Directors article discussed how Lake Superior’s victims rarely emerge from her frigid depths. The freshwater Great Lake is notorious for “disappearing” her dead: in the...
Lake Superior – the largest of the Great Lakes – is notorious for its reputation as a “watery graveyard” from which corpses are rarely recovered. Its fearsome profile...
In our previous article, we discussed information which might be useful to have available to provide to families and prospective clients on some of the common forms grief...
Mastering a trade is useful on a lot of levels. With long experience comes close familiarity: with one’s field, with the tools of the trade, with oneself. An...
Funeral directors, embalmers and other professionals whose jobs involve the processing of human remains confront a unique form of stress, one intrinsic to the nature of the work....
Traumatic losses such as the sudden death – or sometimes even expected death – of a beloved family member can leave clients reeling. It’s often the case that...
What happens when a cemetery is closed, or is simply abandoned? Short answer: This is a complex legal question and the answer depends on the state and situation...
What happens to unidentified or unclaimed bodies? Depends on the state, of course. In this, as in so many other matters of deathcare, there is no universal process...
If you’ve had the opportunity to worked with them, you know that death doulas traditionally fill the role of a guide, providing support and information to those preparing...
A Utah widow who published a children's book about grief a year after losing her husband might be writing her next volume from prison. Kouri Richins of Utah...