Eileen Hollis' father, bought a Victorian house-turned-funeral business in 1979 in Syracuse, N.Y. Now, Hollis, 36, is preparing to step into the role of director.

Losing a loved one can be a time full of sadness and grief. But it also comes with a lot of work - getting affairs in order, making funeral arrangements. In this North Country at Work story, we talk ...

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 ...

Colorado is the only state that does not require people who work in funeral homes to be licensed, but that could be changing. Then, addressing why Black pregnant and postpartum people in Colorado ...

Most people don't think about a funeral director until they need one – but Prince Edward Island is in short supply, and some in the profession are feeling burnt out.

The headlines were the stuff of nightmares. One Colorado funeral home owner let the body of a woman decompose for two years in a hearse parked outside a house he rented, while hoarding the cremated ...