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 ...

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 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, ...

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.