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Woman Shares Lessons from Growing Up in a Funeral Home, Says Job Is About More Than 'Death and Dying' (Exclusive)

Eileen Hollis is preparing to take over as director of her family's funeral home in Syracuse, N.Y. Jordan Greene is Society and Culture writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...
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Funeral Director, Who Felt Death Was Her 'Calling' at 16, Breaks Down Biggest Misconceptions About Her Job (Exclusive)

Melissa Schmidt handles body removal, embalming, preparation and casketing in her role as a funeral director on Long Island Zoey Lyttle is a Society & Culture Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She covers ...
The Denver Post

What it was like to work at one of America’s most notorious funeral homes

It’s been more than seven years since the FBI raided a Montrose funeral home, kicking off one of the more harrowing true-crime stories in recent American history. Investigators unspooled a macabre, ...
The News-Gazette

Funeral home director loves his work — and his family's legacy

DANVILLE — By the seventh grade, Tim Leek Sr. knew he wanted to take over the family funeral business someday. An essay assignment on careers made him realize he wanted to follow in his father's ...
New York Post

I work with the dead — here’s what happens at a funeral home late at night

A UK funeral director took to social media to share what his life is like working with the deceased — which includes some spooky encounters and many one-sided conversations. “Ghosts — have I seen them ...