A funeral that was intended to be a loving memorial to a father from South Gate took a turn for the horrifying when family members approached the casket and found him in a grotesque and oozing state ...

Embalming is one of the most common options for temporarily preserving bodies after death – but what exactly does it entail?

LAKEWOOD, Wash. — Grieving parents in Pierce County are suing a funeral home they say mishandled their daughter's body. Ashleigh and Michael Thornburg said they signed a contract and paid for their ...

ST. LOUIS (First Alert 4/Gray News) - A Missouri resident was preparing for her father’s funeral last June when she got a call. The funeral home told her that her father’s body was ready to be seen, ...

Ghanaian mortuary manager Ewurabena Quartey explains why staff knock, ask permission before bathing and embalming bodies, and ...

http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. The history of embalming in America is deeply ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Most people don't like to think about what happens to people's bodies after they die. Victoria Bilstein is an exception. "I've ...