“We were just disposing of people. That’s what it felt like,” says undertaker Katey Houston. During the Covid-19 pandemic, over 1 million people died from January 2020 to October 2022 because of COVID ...

A recent presentation at the Matheson History Museum detailed the evolution of the death care industry in Alachua County. Early funeral homes and cemeteries in the county were segregated, with many of ...

As the workforce of funeral directors ages, young folks are stepping up to lead and change the death care industry. The median age for workers in funeral homes, crematoriums and cemeteries is close to ...

James Kutz makes a living from the dead. Much of his practice at 160-attorney Post & Schell focuses on the "death care" industry, representing funeral homes, crematories and cemetery managers, mostly ...

Avery, Jill, Andres Cuneo, and Marco Bertini. "Parque del Sendero: Repositioning in the Death Care Industry in Chile." Harvard Business School Case 525-064, June 2025. (Revised June 2025.) ...

Return Home has raised millions to help make human composting after death a new norm in the funeral industry. “We were just disposing of people. That’s what it felt like,” says undertaker Katey ...

As his team analyzes ethnographic data collected from consumers, they debate the meaning of death, how the death care industry caters to people’s needs and desires, and how the tangible aspects of the ...