IT was the third night of the wake for my brother Carlo. His widow was seated at the first row of chairs in the funeral parlor. She was quiet, alone, perhaps a bit sleepy after those long vigil at the ...

Tucked away in Houston’s northern reaches sits a museum that gives new meaning to the phrase “deadly serious” – the National Museum of Funeral History. This isn’t your typical “let’s go see some ...

Welcome to “The Parlor,” where the embalming room is now a public restroom, the casket showroom is an opera singer’s studio and the chapel is soon to be the new home of No Land Beyond ...

As a boy in the 1930s, Theodore Williamson saw funeral homes in Niagara Falls turn away his aunt’s body, and the lone parlor that accepted blacks was disrespectful to his family.

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By Evie Nagy June 26, 2025 Finding a reputable funeral home in the Bay Area is one of your first significant decisions when a loved one passes. The best Bay Area funeral homes have the experience ...

The Greater Shenandoah Area Historical Society held its first monthly meeting of the year with Anne Chaikowsky LaVoie Skirmantas serving as guest speaker. Her presentation dealt with significant co… ...

Texas Chili Parlor also makes a cameo in Guy Clark's track "Dublin Blues." Portrait of American film director Quentin Tarantino at the Texas Chili Parlor, Austin, Texas, August 15, 2009.

Infections among staff at funeral parlors also pose a significant challenge, said another funeral director, Hades Chan, 31. “Nearly a quarter of people aren’t able to work.

A drive down memory lane sparks reflection on vanishing front porches — once hubs of family life and community, now replaced ...