funeral director

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Piper Mark Smyth said after hearing of the appeal for local support, he got in touch to tell the funeral director he would be "willing and glad" to provide some music.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

The mother of a stillborn baby boy who was found at an undertakers almost two years after his funeral says the funeral director "will pay for what he's done".

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Hiemer said he and his funeral director spent months trying to persuade Berlin politicians to let him return his mother’s remains for burial in her hometown.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

He’d lost his job as a funeral director and was living out of a van, draining his savings, and now he found himself stranded in the desert.

From Slate • Feb. 2, 2026

But like the funeral director and the car salesman and the life- insurance company, the real-estate agent has also seen her advantage eroded by the Internet.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt