undertaker
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Some victims of disgraced undertaker Robert Bush have not been refunded for fake funeral plans he sold to them, a court has heard.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
"I think he was living beyond his means," says Patrick Moore about disgraced undertaker Robert Bush.
From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2026
Recalls a peeved Mr. Blankfein: “It was like the undertaker calling at your sickbed.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
A local undertaker said the embalmed remains of the Iranian sailors were being sent back in sealed boxes.
From Barron's ● Mar. 13, 2026
“It’s not enough,” said the undertaker, “but I’ll lay out the rest.”
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
Now undertakers are offering dedicated spaces to families.
From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026
Every autumn, as leaves turn from green to auburn and float to the ground, we turn into a nation of outdoor undertakers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025
Modern Western culture caricatures vultures as undertakers, grim harbingers of death and hardly ideal images of maternal love.
From Salon ● May 11, 2025
Police, firefighters, paramedics and undertakers all walked around the house and some even touched Una's body to move things around.
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2025
As the undertakers prepared to leave, one said to the other, “Well, that’s that. Almost a hundred years old and not a soul to mourn her.”
From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn
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