Upwards of 3 million people die every year in the United States. As a funeral director who heads a university mortuary science program, I can tell you that while each individual’s life experiences are ...

A senior citizen, who was declared dead and sent to a funeral home to be embalmed, woke up inside a body bag. Medical ...

BURLINGTON, Iowa (AP) -- A Burlington funeral home and one of its employees have been fined by the state for embalming a body before getting the family's permission. The Iowa Board of Mortuary Science ...

It's part of life — losing a loved one and seeing them go through the funeral process, but few of us can say we truly understand what happens behind the scenes at a mortuary and funeral home. That's ...

"The employee was placing Constance Glantz onto the table to start their process and the employee noticed that she was still breathing," Lancaster County Sheriff Chief Deputy Ben Houchin said. A ...

The owners of a Colorado funeral home have been ordered to pay $950 million to the families of 190 victims whose bodies were found decaying inside. The judge in a civil case ruled Monday that Return ...

Hartford — A state board that oversees funeral homes on Tuesday revoked the embalming license of a funeral home director accused of stealing customers' money, a staff attorney said. The Board of ...

Walter Williams was pronounced dead and about to be embalmed when he woke up inside a body bag at a funeral home.

Investigators are looking into the theft of 12 bottles of embalming fluid from a Roanoke Rapids funeral home. On Feb. 19, authorities said someone burglarized Hockaday Funeral Home and only took ...

NEW ALBANY, Ind — A New Albany funeral home had its licenses suspended after state investigators found it was operating under "dangerous conditions." Indiana's Attorney General began investigating ...

Sickening photos show blood and embalming fluid leaking from behind a Louisiana funeral home Thursday and seeping onto the street, according to WBRZ. To many, the large puddles that formed from the ...

HARTFORD – A state board that oversees funeral homes on Tuesday revoked the embalming license of a funeral home director accused of stealing customers’ money, a staff attorney said. The Board of ...