Family feud leads to stolen ashes from Queens funeral home: lawsuit New York Post, March 12, 2022
A cautionary tale for all funeral homes.
Funeral home executive sentenced for embezzling $2 million to fund lavish lifestyle Fox 11, December 20, 2021
A family that says the wrong body was buried in their mother’s plot is suing a New York funeral home for $88 million Business Insider, November 21, 2021
How could this have happened?
Q&A with a Tissue Navigator: Empowering Families to Support the Search for a Cure September 22, 2020
Morte Girl Melissa Johnson Williams continues to make news in her new endeavor.
‘Your True Calling Will Simply Find You’ American Funeral Director, June 2020
Great interview with another of our favorite Morte Girls, Sharon Gee-Mascarello. She is the editor and main author of the soon-to-be published textbook “Embalming: History, Theory, and Practice, Sixth Edition.” But that’s just Sharon’s latest contribution to funeral service. She is an embalming instructor at Wayne State University, and a frequent presenter at state and national conventions.
‘Never Encountered Anything Like This’: Funeral Directors, Police Encouraged to Seek Counseling in Pandemic NJ Pen, April 21, 2020
NYC may temporarily bury coronavirus victims on Hart Island New York Post, April 6, 2020
New York considers loosening requirements for funeral directors as bodies pile up Politico, April 3, 2020
US Funeral Workers Among Most Exposed To Coronavirus Cases International Business Times, March 25, 2020
Women in the Funeral Industry: Beatrice E. Lewanduski, CFSP NYSFDA March 2020
One of our favorite Morte Girls talks about her long career in funeral service, and gives advice to those wishing to forge their own career. Bea is a past president of the New York State Funeral Directors Association, and currently serves as NY’s representative to the National Funeral Directors Association.
The Work We Do: Karen Heppner Riverhead News-Review, January 29, 2020
Here’s another female funeral director representing what we do with dignity and decorum.
Korean independence fighter Whang Ki-whan at rest in New York cemetery YonHap News Agency, March 29, 2019
A Director’s Lifelong Mission Texas Director October 2018
Our friend, funeral director Jim Kurtz, was featured on the cover of Texas Director. His story is sure to make every funeral director proud.
Death Anxiety, Psychology Today, May 18, 2018
Hall of Famer Quietly Owns Funeral Home, CBSsports.com, May 9, 2018
Making Hart Island’s graves easier to visit Fox5, May 8, 2018
The art of the funeral, passed down through generations, LIHerald.com, May 4, 2018
Burning Out: What Really Happens Inside a Crematorium, Popular Mechanics, March 1, 2018
Want to Plan for Your Death and Funeral? Here’s How, The New York Times, February 20, 2018
Ode to an Obituary Writer, a Dying Breed, New Jersey Monthly, February 16, 2018
Update on Formaldehyde, Update on Formaldehyde, Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology, February 2018
Let’s Keep the Funeral Tradition Alive The Saturday Evening Post, Jan./Feb. 2018
Arlington Ladies’ Attend Every Funeral at the National Cemetery, NBC News, January 2, 2018
John Herzig’s Famous Endings Museum Ohio Magazine, January 2018
The museum contains an outstanding collection of funeral memorabilia. It is a “must visit.”
Funeral Director Honored for Meaningful Impact in Community NYSFDA 2018
For the second time, John D’Arienzo has become president of The Metropolitan Funeral Director’s Association, in New York City. His funeral home, in Williamsburg, Brooklyn has long been a fixture in the community. Read on to read about his community involvement, and friendship with Andrew Anastasio, who runs Williamsburg’s only other surviving funeral home.
New Study Finds Formaldehyde Does Not Cause Cancer by Gene Mutation, National Toxicology Program, August 2017
Shifts in Response to Loss Due to Death: An assessment in Funeral Service Mourning trends Over Time, East Tennessee State University, December 2015
Funeral home is only one in Madison owned by black mortician Wisconsin State Journal, April 24, 2014
Viewing the Body After Bereavement Due to a Traumatic Death, The BMJ, April 30, 2010
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