I asked my Confessions of a Funeral Director Facebook page: Most funeral directors have — at one time or another — had to exhume / disinter a casket and/or a body for legal or family reasons. Some of us have been privy to see the body after it’s sat underground for some time. So, what […]

1.Man Killed by Atomic Wedgie A 34-year-old man who killed his stepfather giving him a so-called “atomic wedgie” last year is going to jail for involuntary manslaughter—and that’s the silver lining. Brad Lee Davis killed his stepfather last January when he managed to suffocate him inside his own underwear while performing the wedgie. Davis just […]

  Seger works at the Duffield & Pastrick Family Funeral Home.

On a normal day, my mind is slower than most; on a day when I’ve been battling the flu, it’s slower than an insurance company filing a death claim.  Despite my molasses mind, I want to weigh in a little deeper on this situation where the two funeral workers were fired for stopping at a […]

Todays guest post is written by Patricia Fitchett and recounts a recent experience at Milwaukee Area Technical College Program of Funeral Service. ***** It started with a box of bones. Countless memorable events had taken place during my months at “funeral director college”, but the one that had the most impact on who I will […]