Article: Caring for the Living as Well as the Dead -- It's part of the job of a funeral director

VOICES CORRESPONDENT

The large sign outside the Sunnyside building reads "Smith Funeral Home."

But the hum of a vacuum cleaner, the laughter of a baby and the warmth of a fireplace give visitors a sense of home and family.

Carolyn Smith, an apprentice funeral director at Sunnyside's Smith Funeral Home explained: "People think in a funeral service, that a funeral director stands here with a suit on greeting you, and that's all we do. But, we all help each other. Our job is our life."

Smith owns Smith Funeral Home in Sunnyside and Grandview with her husband, Greg Smith, a licensed funeral director.

Most funeral homes do not have answering machines. Instead, the funeral director, a family ...

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