In 2022, 77% of the more than 7,000 students enrolled in funeral service education programs in the U.S. were women.

Asked to describe a funeral home director, many might picture an old man in a long black coat with a distinctly creepy vibe. In reality, more and more morticians are people who look like Lanae ...

The Monroe woman is a funeral director for Hamilton Funeral Homes and a trainer for the National Funeral Directors Association. She's part of a wave of younger, ...

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, ...

The funeral industry used to be male-dominated, but young women are flooding its ranks We're going to see a huge demand for funeral directors in the next 10 years because a lot of them are retiring.

Hear a conversation recorded inside a Brooklyn funeral home. It's owned by Doris Amen. She and a fellow funeral director friend tell StoryCorps why they've been in the business for so long.