We never considered morticians might have fun stories. Someone online, however, asked funeral directors what their most ...

Diamond Quigley, a mortician, helps families reduce stress during funerals with her workbook. She also assisted with services for gospel titan Richard Smallwood.

AFTER arriving in the small town of Florence, Colorado, half-brothers Charles Giebler and Anthony Wright made a big impact. Having set up a funeral business, restaurant and guitar shop, Charles became ...

On the court, Sylvia Fowles was known as “Big Syl.” A 6-foot-6 center, the former MVP was known for her ability to battle for rebounds and block shots. Off the court, she was “Mama Syl.” She was a ...

For almost 60 years, Walter Lietz stood at a crossroads in Lake Havasu City. As generations of grieving families ambled through his doors, he was the one who prepared the deceased for the end of their ...

GRAND FORKS — The holidays can be an especially difficult time for those who have lost a loved one, according to Carleen Hennenfent, a grief educator, author and retired mortician. “This time of year ...

Family members find beloved funeral director Byron Griffy brutally murdered. As investigators delve into Byron's life, they uncover startling revelations about his grandson, handyman, and two local ...

On your first day of life, you had an audience as you screwed up your face, took a deep breath… and yowled. Everyone there was happy that you breathed your first; you were, too, and since then, you’ve ...

Carefully, gently, author Victor M. Sweeney pulls a curtain aside to let readers in on the secrets of a small-town mortician’s life and work, which includes “grave digger, obituary draftsman, liturgy ...

Investigation Discovery (ID) is delving into the 2012 murder of a mortician in Colorado in the three-part docuseries The Rocky Mountain Mortician Murder, slated to bow on November 26. Produced by ...

Known online to her over 160,000 followers as Mimi the Mortician, Mimi Mythen spoke with PEOPLE exclusively about her decision to take a step back from the field Tabitha Parent is a writer at PEOPLE ...

Since almost the beginning of man, we have had practices to honor our dead. According to the History Channel, humans have been performing intentional burials for at least the last 100,000 years. Other ...