Article: Want to go in style?; Today's funeral homes offer everything from customized caskets to cremation lockets -- dying never looked so good

Article: Mich. Finally Hires Funeral Director
AP Online;  June 17, 2002 ;     142 words ......mother' s body without help has hired a funeral director. The remains of Ruth Goss, who died...35, was ordered in March to hire a funeral director to bury his mother's body. He has...did not want to foot the bill for a funeral director's services. State law requires a ...

Article: STATE LAWS FORCE CONSUMERS TO HIRE A FUNERAL DIRECTOR.(MAIN)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  May 31, 1993 ;     595 words ......states requiring a licensed funeral director to sign a death certificate...fine, but you'll have to hire a funeral director to get her body out of the hospital. You'll also need a funeral director to oversee the burial, or cremation...

Article: Funeral director's personal touch helps ease sorrow.(Neighbor)(Batavia)
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  April 19, 2007 ;     424 words ......here. He first thought about being a funeral director when he was just 16. I was a junior...attack, Moss said. He was only 42. Our funeral director helped my family so much during that...and pursue the idea of becoming a funeral director. Losing my father was a life-changing...

Article: Caring for the Living as Well as the Dead -- It's part of the job of a funeral director
Yakima Herald-Republic;  February 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......family. Carolyn Smith, an apprentice funeral director at Sunnyside's Smith Funeral Home...think in a funeral service, that a funeral director stands here with a suit on greeting...her husband, Greg Smith, a licensed funeral director. Most funeral homes do not have answering...

Article: Norfolk, Va., Funeral Director Bucks the System.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  August 21, 2001 ;     585 words ......industry: Carlos Howard. The Norfolk funeral director received national media attention...200 over cost. Hailed as the first funeral director in the country to hit the Internet...industry: Carlos Howard. The Norfolk funeral director received national media attention...

Article: Amid Violence, Funeral Director Guides and Comforts Mourners; Her Relatives and Friends Have Been Gunfire Victims, Too
The Washington Post;  September 16, 2007 ;     700+ words ......This is the result of guns," says funeral director Charlene E. Wilson-Doffoney, dressed...Wilson-Doffoney, 50, bears every day as a funeral director in what has become the deadliest of...watching the news. She has become a funeral director who hates going to the cemetery. Death...

Article: 'Funeral Director' Overused Philip Furmanfuneral Directorleola
Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA;  August 7, 2008 ;     176 words ......object to the overuse of the term "funeral director" in the Mike Roseboro case. This tragic...but the excessive use of the term "funeral director" in the headlines and photo captions...in similar cases? How does being a funeral director pertain to this crime to warrant such...

Article: Funeral director a 24/7 business
Chicago Sun-Times;  January 2, 2007 ;     241 words ...Shirley Latham, 79, funeral director, Charles S. Jackson Funeral Home...child's funeral." Latham has been a funeral director for 30 years in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood. Being a funeral director is a 24/7 business, Latham explained...

Article: Funeral director's license suspended.(News)
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  February 5, 2007 ;     284 words ......Daily Herald Staff Writer A Schaumburg funeral director whose license has been suspended said...tragedy. Richard J. Demnicki, 77, a funeral director at Michael's Funeral Home, 800 S...the families of decents. Demnicki, a funeral director since 1956, pleaded guilty and waived...

Article: Grief's guide amid violence: families torn by tragedy lean on Phila. funeral director.
Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA);  July 29, 2007 ;     700+ words ......This is the result of guns, says funeral director Charlene E. Wilson-Doffoney, dressed...Wilson-Doffoney, 50, bears every day as a funeral director in what has become the deadliest of...watching the news. She has become a funeral director who hates going to the cemetery. Death...

Article: Elizabeth Zefran, funeral director on Southwest Side
Chicago Sun-Times;  March 25, 1987 ;     228 words ...Elizabeth L. Zefran, 74, a funeral director who helped run her family's Southwest...years later, she became a licensed funeral director. She remained active in the family...other groups and lodges, including the Funeral Director Services Association of Greater Chicago...

Article: BOARD SUSPENDS LICENSE OF FUNERAL DIRECTOR WHO SENT FAMILY TWO SETS OF REMAINS FOR FATHER
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 16, 2007 ;     350 words ......issued the following news release: A funeral director who sent two sets of ashes to a family...Consumer Services. Leroy Sims, Jr., was funeral director in charge of the now-defunct Serenity...investigate and take action against any funeral director who fails to provide the highest ...

Article: Funeral director's faith led him to serve others
Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review;  February 15, 2009 ;     566 words ......out to others as an American GI, a funeral director and a devout Christian. As a member...oldest practicing African-American funeral director who operated his own funeral home...Julia Gaines, his daughter added. Funeral director John Bauer recalled Mr. Douglas' people...

Article: SA: Funeral director kept body for seven months: government
AAP General News (Australia);  March 11, 1999 ;     345 words ......General News (Australia) 03-11-1999 SA: Funeral director kept body for seven months: government ADELAIDE, March 11 AAP - An Adelaide funeral director stored bodies for up to seven months...that person' and that's how we knew a funeral director was not providing that information...