A woman became a funeral director to overcome her fear of dying and says death has taught her to stop comparing herself to others. Melissa Schmidt, 34, used to get “tunnel vision” at the idea of dying ...

A death can feel catastrophic and overwhelming, not only for mourners who loved the deceased person but also for anyone outside the loss who understands the pain it has caused. That is one of the most ...

Matthew Gagne says he is proud to be a fourth generation funeralhome director. The 37-year-old Norwich resident is funeral director, manager and embalmer at Cummings-Gagne Funeral Home in Norwich. "I ...

This story was supported by the journalism nonprofit the Economic Hardship Reporting Project. In the early 1970s, labor journalist and oral historian Studs Terkel sat down to interview Homer Martinez, ...

Once perceived as a male-dominated field, the funeral industry has seen remarkable transformation over recent decades, with ...