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.

An inquest has heard how a funeral director attended an address after they were ostensibly sent an email from a man found dead at the property. He was widowed and a printing proprietor by occupation.

The longtime funeral director was planning to retire this St. Patrick’s Day. “The overwhelming amount of people that came from the community to pay their respects to our dad, that was pretty ...

An inquest has heard how a funeral director attended an address after they were ostensibly sent an email from a man found dead at the property. The short hearing, held on February 14 by area coroner ...

A Suitland, Maryland, funeral home owner was convicted of second-degree murder Thursday in connection with the fatal shooting of a pallbearer during a 10-year-old girl’s burial service ...

use of a handgun in the commission of a crime of violence and reckless endangerment Prince George's County Police Department A Maryland funeral director was found guilty of second-degree murder ...

Police outside the Hessle Road branch of Legacy Independent Funeral Directors in Hull. Police investigating a Hull funeral directors have passed a “comprehensive file of evidence” to ...

Edward Gillman has been appointed director of the the influential east London space, Chisenhale Gallery, replacing Zoé Whitley who stepped down last year. Gillman was the director of the non ...

Half-Life 2 art director and Dishonored designer Viktor Antonov has died aged just 52. Former Valve writer Marc Laidlaw revealed the news on social media, saying he had no details of Antonov's ...

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A service has been held to mark the first anniversary of the start of a huge investigation into remains found at funeral directors in Hull. Families affected by the scandal surrounding Legacy ...