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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Don’t the bereaved thank them for making the deceased look good?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Not sure how it is in the US, but I had to arrange a funeral in the UK this year and my only point of contact was the funeral director, I never even saw a mortician or anyone like that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m sorry for your loss.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Embalming isn't a common thing in Europe as far as I know. We don't put the dead on display like they seem to do in the US.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

At least in the US, funeral directors are often also embalmers.