In 1937, members of a statewide organization of black morticians and embalmers posed for this shot during an annual convention which included an Undertaker's Ball, a tradition which faded from ...

UNNATURAL CAUSES SICK AND DYING IN SMALL-TOWN AMERICA | Since the turn of this century, death rates have risen for whites in midlife, particularly women. The Washington Post is exploring this trend ...

Lots of businesses turn to social media to build their brand. But sixth-generation mortician Caleb Wilde is in the business of dead bodies. So when he posts his perspective on Facebook and Twitter, ...

EVERY minute more than 100 people die. Most of these deaths bring not just grief to some, but also profit to others. America’s 2.7m-odd deaths a year underpin an industry worth $16bn in 2017, ...

The first call came in at 2:30 p.m. on June 23, 1921. A family’s loved one passed away at Auburn City Hospital and was requesting the service of the newly established funeral home. The late Mr. and ...

Carvaly’s red hair is pulled into a tight bun and she's sitting behind a large wooden desk that takes up half of Undertaking L.A.’s just-opened office. East Hollywood’s latest funeral home isn’t what ...