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Category: Embalming

  • Debunking 10 Common Myths About Embalming

    Debunking 10 Common Myths About Embalming

    “Embalming is an ancient process involving the removal of blood from a body and replacing it with embalming fluid. This method preserves the body for open-casket visitations and helps families bid farewell to their loved ones. It also slows decomposition and enhances the deceased’s natural appearance during the funeral. Typically performed by licensed funeral directors/embalmers,…

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  • I Want to Watch

    An essential component of our role as funeral directors is to maintain the sanctity of our work and protect the privacy of those in our care. Something that continues to trouble me is the prurient interest some have in the most private part of funeral service. “I want to watch. Can I?”  It is an…

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  • Extreme Embalming

    Extreme Embalming

    By Melissa Johnson Williams There was a picture that circulated on the internet recently showing a young man posed at his wake in a laid back style.  Many commentators used the phrase “extreme embalming” to describe this supposedly new phenomenon. Most of those commentators know nothing about embalming or its history. If they did they…

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  • Women In Funeral Service, Circa 1900

    Women In Funeral Service, Circa 1900

    By Melissa Johnson Williams These pages are from the funeral service publications of the early 1900’s called The Casket and The Sunnyside.  As can be seen in these photos women are prominent in the care of the dead, specifically teaching embalming.  More than 100 years ago these women lead the way for every woman practitioner…

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  • Embalming Facts & Myths

    Embalming Facts & Myths

    The Value of Viewing the Deceased           By Melissa Johnson Williams Every family that experiences the death of a loved one will have a very important decision to make. That decision is whether or not to see their loved one prior to either burial or cremation. This decision should not be taken…

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