Preserving dead bodies for a living might seem weird or creepy or depressing. "But it's actually one of the most rewarding jobs in the world," says John "Jack" Mitchell IV, a sixth generation funeral ...

How started: "I was a freshman in high school, and I started working part-time at my local funeral home in Adel, Ga. "I did an apprenticeship for 18 months at Boone Funeral Home in Adel … Then I ...

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I was a funeral director and embalmer for 11 years. I learned a lot about our bodies and death by doing my job. After an autopsy, brains usually are put back in the belly of the cadaver. When I tell ...

The young women in Australia's funeral industry say preparing people's loved ones for their final goodbyes is a more rewarding and gratifying job than people might expect. Despite the odds against ...

THERE’S a little-known job that pays £30,000 and you don’t need a degree to do it – but certainly not for everyone. The average annual salary of an embalmer in the UK is more than £32,000, according ...

Twenty-two-year-old Sarah Broanda spends her days surrounded by dead bodies. The Townsville woman is Queensland's youngest embalmer and part of a growing cohort of young people taking up careers in ...