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Category Archives: Embalming
Forever Silenced.
Though I have not posted an entry on this site in quite some time, I do still think about my job at the funeral home from time to time. It was a side job for me. Not a career, but … Continue reading
Saturday’s In The Prep Room
On Saturday, for some reason, the funeral home prep room was slow. There was not as much work on Saturdays, yet we had a full team in place in the event that business would pick up. Often, during our weekend … Continue reading
Children.
Little 2 year old Sean (name changed) had opened the back door to the house, leading to the family pool. He was being baby-sat by a relative who thought he had gone to sleep in his room for a nap … Continue reading
Purging
I’ll never forget the first time I heard one of my colleagues mentioned the word “purge.” Purging is the phenomenon of someone’s bowels releasing either air or fluid through the mouth, nose, or other openings in the body. It can … Continue reading
Tons of Torso
One day in the prep room, I was told by my boss to go out to the parking lot and help unload some large boxes from a large refrigerated semi. I was unsure as to the contents, but later learned … Continue reading
Combating Smells
It has been a while since I have written a blog entry here. I guess I have been super-busy and pre-occupied with other things. I wanted to share a story about a product we often used in the prep room … Continue reading
First Call
In the funeral home where I worked, we serviced a large U.S. City and all of the metro area within about 30 miles of the core of the city itself. This meant that there were several calls a day to … Continue reading
It’s been a while…
It has been a long time since I have made a posting here. This blog is several years old now, and I have had a lot of visitors. Thank you to all who have visited the blog. Over the years … Continue reading
Hospitals Body Removals
One of our jobs as removal staff personnel at the funeral home, was to pick up the deceased at area hospitals. The hospitals would call after getting the families of the deceased had made arrangements with our funeral home. There … Continue reading
Busted Ankles
My partner and I drove down the quiet neighborhood street in our unmarked navy blue van. We had left the funeral home about 20 minutes earlier after being given a “house call” assignment from our supervisor. A house call was … Continue reading