Funeral home

gathered at the funeral home. The aura of sadness could be felt all across the room as my family said their final words to my grandmother. She laid in her casket as if she was taking an extremely long rest. A rest that unfortunately will last for eternity. Even though sadness was a major factor on that day, memories of better and more peaceful times were also mentioned to brighten the mood. My stomach felt like it was being dragged around inside when I first took steps into the funeral home. The smell

family gathered days later for the funeral, wondering if it was too soon to lose “Papa Joe”. They met at the funeral home greeting siblings, cousins, aunts and uncles until we all sat in the Visitation Room to hear Joe’s grandson Kevin give the eulogy. I was in the audience but I didn’t know Joe. I was simply serving as a pallbearer for a service my high school provides to people who have no family. But Joe’s rather large family had requested we serve his funeral because of his close connection to

Even when I was a young child, I’ve always wanted to know what the inside of a funeral home looks like. Call it a sick fascination, but having the power to see inside of an environment, where death seems to be looming, has always been near and dear to my heart. Disturbing, exciting, repugnant. Those were all words that popped into my mind when I thought about it, and now I finally had the chance to fulfill my wish of seeing what one looks like. I thought it would be bone chilling at the very least

reporting the requirements to become a mortician, also called funeral director or undertaker, the duties the job requires of you, and the outlook of this career in the future of the United States.      To become a funeral director in the United States today isn't an easy task. You need to be twenty-one, a high school graduate with some

one thing that everyone has in common. ( Stair, choosing a career in mortuary science and the funeral industry 6) As the paragraph above states: we all die, and though we are all different we all share just that. But what happens when we die? where do we go? what happens to our bodies? Thats where a mortician comes in. A mortician or undertaker, are both artists and scientists. The career of the funeral director is a combination of jobs and is never

who could have done this?” He stared into fear ness again not saying a word. “ I'll be back to bring you home tomorrow .” I was walking out the room when he stopped me . “Mark !” I stopped looking at him , in a serious tone voice he looked at me . “ There's something you need to know .” I sat down unprepared of what I was about to hear. “ Years ago I was fixing something at the at the funeral home , no one else would do it for free , so I did it to show my good friendship plus I felt I owed a good

descent who fought for his country was pushed away from his home town’s cemetery, The Manon Rice Funeral Home because his heritage traced back to Mexican culture. This, of course, outraged the community of Mexican American people since Felix Longoria was a soldier who gave his life for the very kind of people who are pushing him away. As stated at the end of chapter one, “The body of the Private Felix Longoria was denied a wake in the only funeral chapel in his hometown of three Rivers because he was “Mexican”

When a loved one dies, people naturally look for a funeral home. Also referred to as mortuaries, these businesses are involved with managing the activities surrounding funerals. Mortuaries offer an assortment of services for the deceased as well as the family and friends who wish to pay their respects. Each mortuary is different. The types of services offered can vary, affecting the quality of service and total price. The work of the funeral director and his staff begins with the initial meeting

spiritual life, thus their main goal during burial ceremonies is to address a spirit of a deceased person. An African funeral begins with removal of the body from home, which is done through a previously made hole in the wall of the home. Africans remove a dead body through the hole, instead of a door, to confuse a spirit and make sure that a spirit of a deceased person will not return back home, as a hole in the wall is immediately closed after removal of the body. In effort to confuse a spirit even more

A funeral is meant to give meaning to the life of a deceased individual. It acts as an opportunity for loved ones to convene and remember the deceased while simultaneously providing one another with comfort and support. Planning funerals is nothing short of an emotional process, one which involves many legal and financial matters. By planning ahead of time with prepaid funeral plans, you can plan the service exactly how you want it and pay for the entire service ahead of time, saving your friends