Mortuary Transport Services

Here’s a story about a man who was carried to the morgue en masse with a bunch of other dead bodies, and woke up thirsty.
I was sometimes worried that something like this would happen to me, a body not really being dead when I picked it up and transported it. One of the funeral homes [...] Read more »

Had a search phrase recently go to this site “do funeral homes smell of decomposition?”
I was concerned about that also when I first started in the mortuary transport business. When you don’t know what to expect, you try to expect the worst.
There’s a good reason why funeral homes DON’T smell of decomposition though. By law,they’re [...] Read more »

While there may be some extenuating circumstances that may allow for some of the complaints listed in this story, I know first hand that some embalmers don’t clean up after themselves and some funeral home owners try to cut corners without anyone noticing.
With my experience, I’d say it wasn’t more than 1 in fourty or fifty [...] Read more »

Here’s an ad that tells it like it is. I’m still curious about business models being used. This ad gives hours to call, but is a 24/7 business. If you’re available 24/7 for bodies, is it that much of a difference to take calls for a job ad? I’m kidding of course.
Also, the distance appears [...] Read more »

Ok, maybe you don’t live in Florida, but there is still opportunity anywhere you have a large transplanted elderly population, like Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico and Texas.
You’ll notice the increasing rate of cremation. This is many times done as a cost saving motive, and the nice thing about the cremation business is that many times, based [...] Read more »

I wasn’t too concerned about being around dead bodies, but I was a little concerned about the smell.
I’m a non-smoker, so I guess I’m a little sensitive to smells. I made it through 2 baby girls in diapers, so I figured I should be able to handle it.
The smell is temporary, just like those diapers, [...] Read more »

First of all, I am surprised by the low prices this company charges for its’ services, whether to the county or otherwise. I’m glad the owner wrote in to the paper to rebutt previous comments that seemed to insinuate he was ripping off the county. The original article is not available without signing up with [...] Read more »

On Call All The Time
While I took it for granted that 24/7 on call was actually twenty four hours a day seven days a week, I noticed a lot of people wanting to do this kind of work hoping to have something on the side called a “life”.
It is a unique occupation, with it’s competiveness, [...] Read more »

This is a little information on Muslim death customs. My personal experience has been varied. The most devout muslims require the bathing, shrouding and burial within 24 hours of death, even if it means delaying the declared time of death.
Since I offered death certificate processing services, cemetery delivery services as well as removal services, I [...] Read more »

These are some photos from my first disinterment. The gentleman had been buried 25 years earlier, and was having his remains exhumed to be cremated and joined with the cremated remains of his wife who had just died, and they were to be scattered into the sea from Carmel, CA.

Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar [...] Read more »