A Senate bill headed to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s desk would close a loophole in current law that technically prohibits mortuary science students in Michigan from practicing embalming - a requirement ...

Morticians (also called funeral directors) work with more than dead bodies. They mediate ceremonies of death from floral arrangements to corpse preservation. Their toughest job: explaining to grieving ...

Relatives of a man who died of heart problems are suing a Montebello mortuary, saying they were “horrified” that the embalming was done so poorly that liquid was oozing from the decedent’s face during ...

The path to his profession was clear when James Bryant was just 5 years old. He’d wear his little black suit and bow tie as he placed fallen birds or insects in a wagon, then lead a procession on his ...

CYPRESS – Glenn Bower can talk funerals for hours. His tone isn’t somber, either. The funeral director mostly smiles and enthuses while describing his profession. Bower’s job is more than an ...

SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP, Ohio -- A young woman in a hoodie is hunched over her laptop, brow furrowed. To her right, a fellow student flips through a binder, carefully marking out sections in yellow ...