Today, from his Office at Legacy Funerals in Hamilton New Zealand Embalmers Association President, Jordan Goss expressed his delight at news that a Diploma course in Embalming has been approved by ...

Many young girls dream of being a ballerina, or a teacher, or a famous actress, or a doctor. Melissa Short dreamt of being a mortician. She didn't know then that's what her dream job was called, but ...

She treats her eight-hour job both as a science and an art—but one with an unforgiving “deadline.” On a typical workday, May Cardenas, a 28-year-old biology graduate of the University of the ...

Meet the 34-year old embalmer who was inspired by her grandfather's work to help grieving families in Leeds. Charlotte Ince was working in a warehouse before she took up work as an embalmer because ...

For years a hairdresser, Janet Officer has now changed career to use her skills as an embalmer. Women's Editor Sarah Foster speaks to Janet and her boss and finds out why they feel their work is a ...

The process of embalming begins with a touch. Hidden behind a pair of gloves, the warmth of the embalmer’s hands meets the cold stiff flesh of the dead. This final massage loosens up the cadaver’s ...

It wasn’t exactly a fate worse than death, but Pablo Dayao had always felt that he was meant to do a job most people avoid, even abhor. Call it destiny, he said, of his job as licensed embalmer at the ...

All embalmers who work at licensed funeral parlours will have to be registered They must also attend a basic infection control course The National Environment Agency has received feedback on 4 cases ...

Most people spend their lives avoiding thoughts of death. For Charlotte Ince, it’s her life’s work – and her greatest act of care. Did you know with a Digital subscription to Yorkshire Post, you can ...