Following the traumatic death of her neighbor when she was 16, Melissa Schmidt felt she had ‘a calling’ to be in the business of death. After high school, she enrolled in mortuary school where she ...

During the COVID pandemic, Estes Funeral Chapel’s work doubled as people died of the virus. But Tracy Wesley, funeral director and mortician, found joy amid the grief and extra work. He got married — ...

PITTSFIELD — Science and compassion don’t always go together. One is analytical, the other empathetic. Funeral directors need both to do their jobs well: knowledge of mortuary science to prepare a ...

Her father Charlie bought the Victorian house-turned-funeral business in 1979 in Syracuse, N.Y., and became the funeral director Now, years later, Hollis works at the funeral home as a mortician and ...

CANFIELD — An AI overview of employment longevity trends shows that the average time a person 25 and older spends at a job is five years. For those aged 55-64, it’s just under 10. Wally Sinn, then, is ...

Funeral directors handle the details and arrangements for funerals, providing services in preparing the deceased and helping to console the deceased’s grieving loved ones. The work begins once a ...