embalmer

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“We live in a death-denying society,” says Melinda Ramos, a licensed embalmer, funeral director and crematory manager in Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 13, 2023

Every embalmer has a signature, Mr. Harvell said, as he pulled 16-ounce bottles of embalming fluid from the shelves of a tall wooden closet in the corner of the room.

From New York Times • Nov. 1, 2022

Her brain and neck bones were removed for months by the pathologist and her body was difficult to preserve so we had to use the services of a specialist embalmer to enable a dignified burial.

From BBC • Sep. 29, 2021

To the embalmer for long preservation, Or you might think about speedy cremation.

From Washington Post • Feb. 18, 2021

“Remember when I was the embalmer in Ms. Tannenbaum’s class?”

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina