The widow and two children of a South Gate man allege that a Montebello funeral home brutally botched their loved one’s embalming, depriving the family of a meaningful final farewell. The mortuary ...

Relatives of a man who died of heart problems are suing a Montebello mortuary, saying they were “horrified” that the embalming was done so poorly that liquid was oozing from the decedent’s face during ...

MANILA, Philippines — His work begins when someone dies. The dead is brought to him and laid on a steel table in a fluorescent-lit, refrigerator-cold room reeking of formalin, where he prepares the ...

Ahmedabad (Gujarat), June 18 ANI: In the aftermath of the tragic Ahmedabad plane crash, Gujarat authorities acted swiftly to manage rescue, identification, and the dignified handover of victims' ...

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Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. The history of embalming in America is deeply rooted in both necessity and cultural ...

New facility provides efficient services for body preservation and repatriation Major General Abdullah Mubarak bin Amer, Commander-in-Chief of Sharjah Police, inaugurating the new embalming centre.

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