undertaker

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A local undertaker said the embalmed remains of the Iranian sailors were being sent back in sealed boxes.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

Doing so was the role of the undertaker, Van Der Zee explains, though the photographer had his own aesthetic duties.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

On Wednesday, former undertaker Robert Bush appeared at Hull Crown Court after an investigation into human remains found at his premises.

From BBC • Oct. 17, 2025

The single, folded sheet lists just 90 names, mostly businesses near historic downtown such as liveries, saloons, physicians, mills, druggists and the local undertaker.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2025

Using Holmes’s instructions, workmen in the employ of undertaker John J. O’Rourke filled a coffin with cement, then placed Holmes’s body inside and covered it with more cement.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson