| 单词 | undertaker |
| 例句 | The family was convinced that he had been poisoned, but there was never an investigation: “Back then, everyone covered these things up. The undertakers. The doctors. The police.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Even before remains were found, the Big Hill Trading Company undertaker had arrived with his hearse; a rival undertaker showed up as well, the two hovering like predatory birds. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Sometimes I think he became an undertaker because it was easier for him to spend time with the dead than the living. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z But, given the number of people present during the autopsy—including the local lawmen, the undertaker, and Mathis, the Big Hill Trading Company owner—it seemed impossible to say who the culprit was. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “What sort of flying motorcars do you have?” asked a pubescent boy named Horace, who wore a dark suit that made him look like an apprentice undertaker. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “Have you ever been to a school for undertakers, Chester?” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z So they are airborne undertakers, in a way. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Mama must have known there was nothing they could do—that the money they’d given Aunt Rose for safekeeping was gone now, whether it was into the undertaker’s hand or, more likely, Helen’s pocket. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Then she told him he’d have to go to the undertaker tomorrow to bring the coffin back in a carriage. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The undertaker was forced to adjust the clothes to fit because the president had lost so much weight since the shooting. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Finally, the undertaker reaches into his cloak and brings a whistle up to his lips. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Feeling like an undertaker’s apprentice in a funeral parlour, I crept downstairs. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z The delivery boy from the bakery has supplied us with darning thread—90 cents for one measly skein—the milkman can get hold of ration books, an undertaker delivers cheese. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z The undertaker led the way out of the courtyard. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z The undertaker takes a step forward and says, “Open, Says Me.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z The undertaker came again to report that Johnny was at his funeral parlor and was being fixed up fine and would be brought home that evening. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z They watched silently as the undertaker inched through the field between the road and the house, his tires sinking into puddles of red mud. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z When the undertaker came back with the deed, Katie, remembering something her mother had said fourteen years ago read it slowly and carefully. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z As the undertaker drove into Lacks Town, cousins filed onto porches to watch Henrietta pass, their hands on hips or clutching children as they shook their heads and whispered to the Lord. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z From this high perch, the reporter spotted an undertaker struggling to get his supply of coffins to safety. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z “I figured on getting back and getting the hired girl with the hearse, but he beat me,” the Big Hill undertaker said. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z It was evidently the part of Brown’s skull that the undertaker had kept, in 1921, and given to bureau agents for analysis. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Aunt Pearl would be sitting on the stoop, waving the fan the undertaker gave away at summer funerals. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z In the morning Mr. Milgrom left and came back with the undertaker. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Officially, I work as a receptionist for an undertaker. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “The undertaker’s men arrived a few minutes ago. I’m going to ask them to seal the casket. Before I do, would you like to see your mother one last time?” The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z Before being placed in a casket by the undertaker in Elberon, his body was sliced one final time. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Outraged over the violent, brutal murder of her son, she ordered the undertakers to leave Emmett’s body just as she had received it and to hold an open-casket funeral. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z They waited until we reached the place where Mr. Turner, the undertaker, had set up a little shade tent. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Well, the Fourth of July was hot but the undertaker’s parlor was air-conditioned. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The mother of four, she worked as a nurse, a midwife, and even as an undertaker to help support her family. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The man from the undertaker's said something to me then which I missed. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z The undertaker’s men put them in the kitchen. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z At Cari’s body, still draped in the sheet, waiting for the undertakers. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z A witness had told the bureau that after Henry Roan’s murder, Hale was eager to get the corpse away from one undertaker and delivered to the funeral home at the Big Hill Trading Company. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Toulouse-Lautrec stays for lunch, and he and Vincent have a big laugh together over an undertaker’s assistant they had seen earlier on the stairs. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Like doctors and undertakers, she really told good dying stories. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z It was the undertaker, all dressed in black, hauling a slab of granite into the Better Days Funeral Parlor. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The murder plots depended upon doctors who falsified death certificates and upon undertakers who quickly and quietly buried bodies. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Oh, and she hoped that undertaker was fixing Tea Cake up fine. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z “It’s not enough,” said the undertaker, “but I’ll lay out the rest.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Was that yours? The undertaker wouldn’t take poor Rose without having half the cost upfront, and I knew that Rose kept some petty cash here for the household.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Dr. Packard’s office, just around the corner, stood between the undertaker’s office and the bank. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Scott Mathis, the Big Hill Trading Company owner who was friends with Hale and Mollie, was asked to supervise the grim task, and he went to the cemetery with his undertaker and a grave digger. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He gave the undertaker a small bottle of white pills. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z The undertaker reached down and knocked on the wood to let Big Joe know. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z This wide-awake undertaker gained an advantage over his competitors in that he went after the business while the others waited for the business to come after them. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z One year later his ashes were still in the possession of the undertaker who had received his body. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Finally, I let out a long breath and vowed to stop thinking about graves, and undertakers, and dead people. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z That undertaker that lays out black folks ain’t none too cheap.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a list of funerals he’d gotten from the undertakers. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z She says, I’ll go down to Thompson the undertaker about the coffin and the carriage. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z When we got there the undertakers pulled out the coffin and put it on a roller and rolled it right onto the grass. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z But Bobby insisted, and finally the undertaker—-he knew Bobby, and, I guess, felt sorry for him—he said all right, be quiet about it, but come on in. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Early Wednesday morning, an undertaker arrived at Francklyn Cottage with a casket. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z But the work continues as armies of undertakers and volunteers tend bodies in makeshift morgues. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Dad tells Grandma it sThursday and he has to go to the Labour Exchange for the dole and then down to the undertaker to bring the mourning carriage and the coffin. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z When the inside part of the funeral was over the undertaker shut the coffin. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Mama wasted no time in packing up their things once the undertaker had left with Aunt Rose’s body. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “Some of the undertaker’s people may have stolen it.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Virtually no evidence had been preserved from the various crime scenes, but in the case of Anna, the undertaker had secretly kept one object: her skull. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The undertaker and his two helpers carried Mrs. Milgrom down to the courtyard, where a cart was waiting. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Once, when the undertaker carried my pops out of here. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The undertaker’s helpers found shovels and dug a hole. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z It was raining when the local undertaker met Henrietta’s coffin at the Clover depot and slid it into the back of a rusted truck. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The undertaker and his helpers and the cemetery guards all ran. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z They summoned an undertaker named B. D. Humphrey to help recover the remains. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z We stood there like junior undertakers while the wind turned Cap’s unbound hair into a reasonable facsimile of a rain forest. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z The undertaker came to Down House and laid Charles out in the coffin on his wheeled cart. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Though the undertaker clearly disapproved, they toted Uncle Camp into Aunt Loma’s little parlor as if he had a right to be there. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I told him he looked like an undertaker. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He brought rocks in wheelbarrows for undertakers to bury and carried away the deceased. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z She stretched out her arms, measuring length, as the undertaker had done. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z As the undertakers prepared to leave, one said to the other, “Well, that’s that. Almost a hundred years old and not a soul to mourn her.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Leon looked up, smiling at Santucci, blinking away the flush on his cheeks, a smile like the kind an undertaker fixes on the face of a corpse. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The undertaker stood first on one foot, then on the other. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The undertaker had put rouge and lipstick on his face to make him look natural. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The undertaker picked up the policy and pretended to see the amount for the first time. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “The request of Mrs. Ferris for the ashes was refused,” the undertaker said, “because the dead man left closer relatives.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z It’s very different from sleeping, no matter how much the undertaker has tried to make it look like sleeping. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z The undertaker answered his questions in an oily, unctuous voice. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I attended to all the ghastly formalities, and the urbane undertaker proved that his staff were afflicted—or blessed—with something of his own obsequious suavity. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Using Holmes’s instructions, workmen in the employ of undertaker John J. O’Rourke filled a coffin with cement, then placed Holmes’s body inside and covered it with more cement. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z This time, the brothers put on gloves and took out a meat cleaver, cutting Anna’s head into “sausage meat,” as the undertaker later put it. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z There weren’t even sufficient remains for an inquest, though the rival undertaker found enough to claim the fee for a burial. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He kept the books, hired the attorneys, called the undertaker, and eventually paid the bills. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z An orderly at the hospital was in the pay of an undertaker whom he notified as soon as a death occurred. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z According to undertaker, “The position of the body indicated that he had fallen in that position and had not been carried there.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z And one other thing had surprised him: one of the men who worked for the undertaker had told him I didn’t know how old Maman was. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z Raylan contracts with an undertaker to exhume the family bodies buried there in the yard. 'Justified' Recap: Seeing Ghosts 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z Nearly every New York undertaker refused to handle the corpses. The AIDS crisis in America... 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z Describing her father’s contracting of Lupus, she writes, “there was nothing for it but the undertaker.” Flannery O’Connor’s Manhattan Memorial 2014-11-08T05:00:00Z At other times, in their black clothes, they seem closer to undertakers. Or You Could Kiss Me ? review 2010-10-09T23:06:00Z Along with everyone else, the Coens had admired Thewlis’s performance as Johnny, the acerbic prophet of doom in Mike Leigh’s 1993 film Naked, in which he stalked the streets of London in an undertaker’s greatcoat. 'My brain was on fire': David Thewlis on Naked, Fargo and creeping out the Coens 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z Soderbergh even dressed identically to Graham, who the script describes as looking “like some undertaker for the art world.” A Film Career Built on Videotape (Sex and Lies, Too) 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z She is kept hostage by her father, the island's undertaker, and her mother who is "skittering in madness". Snake Ropes by Jess Richards – review 2013-01-19T19:00:04Z Dogs and cats “all must, like undertakers, come to dust,” sings the shaggy Old Deuteronomy in “Cats,” but he’s lying. Review | Love it or hate it, ‘Cats’ the musical has way more than nine lives 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z We send our dead to professional undertakers for preparation and disposal, while, as late as the nineteen-sixties, the Wari tribe, of Brazil, dismembered, roasted, and ate family members who died. Our Strange, Unsettled History of Mourning 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z Ms. Doughty is an undertaker and the founder of The Order of the Good Death, a website about mortality. An Online Generation Redefines Mourning 2014-03-21T21:07:21Z In a picture called “Many Mansions,” three men dressed in formal clothes, like churchgoers or undertakers, appear to be either gardening or digging a grave. Kerry James Marshall’s Paintings Show What It Means to Be Black in America 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z The legendary coach of the Green Bay Packers expressed a workable philosophy for football games, but applied to human life, or the management of society, it acts only as an undertaker. Donald Trump’s winner-takes-all wasteland: America will never be “great” if we continue to worship the hustle 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z Like his best-known screenplays, The Awakening and The Guardian, Volk's story is a ghostly thriller and tells the story of an undertaker attempting to raise his daughter from the dead. Jim Broadbent makes one-off return to the stage 2013-03-06T12:32:16Z “What you are moving is not your mother’s remains, but the idea of your mother’s remains,” the undertaker explains to Raylan. 'Justified' Recap: Seeing Ghosts 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z Finally, we go full circle with a living author who takes death as his subject: For the essays in “The Depositions,” Thomas Lynch draws on his long career as an undertaker in small-town Michigan. 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z And he introduced me to his cousin who was the town undertaker, and we had our first meeting in the cemetery. Frederick Wiseman on Censorship, Small-Town America, and Why He Dislikes the Word “Documentary” 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z Beautifully costumed in the hip undertaker’s suits favored by Hitchcock, he nails the mannerisms and incongruously delicate movements of a man who navigates from behind a vast belly. Hitchcock: To Psycho with Love 2012-11-20T13:00:50Z When Sato died on Sept. 13, the only other people in his apartment were doctors, aides and undertakers. Dying at home rather than in hospital, elderly Japanese "go to the afterlife quietly" 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z The final verse is something else: Goodman asking an undertaker what it takes to make him laugh, when all he sees is people crying. Hidden Treasures: Steve Goodman – Somebody Else's Troubles 2013-02-28T16:11:55Z There’s a gruff tattoo artist, twin undertakers, a retired priest and an earnest clerk who dreams of someday wearing a name tag. Review | An irresistible romantic comedy to begin your new year 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z And let us acknowledge that undertakers perform an essential function in society. Why Prince Charles has to keep his views to himself 2010-10-08T06:00:00Z On top of that, a local undertaker tips him for referrals and for filling in on occasion as a pallbearer — no relation to the deceased required! Review | The late Philip Kerr’s left behind a colorful new novel. It won’t be his last. 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z If a person has died of an infectious disease they would have been placed in a body bag by the hospital/undertaker and a shroud could then be wrapped around that. ‘It was an incredibly enriching day’: the families taking control of death 2018-01-06T05:00:00Z Pavlov is an undertaker, a profession he inherited from his father, and his balcony sits above the road that leads to the cemetery. A Bawdy Novel Considers the Tragic Absurdities of Lebanon’s Civil War 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z Davis just delivered his lines in his usual matter-of-fact, Jersey-inflected tones, sounding more like an undertaker at a small-town funeral than a capital city screecher. Lanny Davis, the ultimate Clinton loyalist, is now Michael Cohen’s lawyer. But don’t call it revenge. 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z The undertakers' business is buttressed by spiraling violent crimes that killed at least 11,000 people last year. In Venezuela's funeral industry, a shortage of coffins 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z Trailing the couple as though they were shopping for hatchbacks, the undertaker offers that the object of their attention is “a beautiful choice for a young girl.” Critic?s Notebook: Murder and Melodrama: An Obsessive Killer Is Revealed in a Stylish Whodunit 2011-06-19T22:08:38Z In the black community, prominence belonged to the regulars — the doctors, the lawyers and the undertakers, as well as the preachers, the teachers and a small number of mid-level civil servants. The tale of Marion Barry, king of D.C. As the son of an undertaker preparing for the priesthood Michael is familiar with gruesome evisceration. | 'The Rite': Giving the Devil His Possessive Due 2011-01-27T23:35:29Z No family were present – only police, a team of four undertakers, and the cemetery authorities. Jimmy Savile's £4,000 headstone removed 'to be used as landfill' 2012-10-10T08:48:06Z In the best performance he has ever given, Black is extremely persuasive – even lovable – as an undertaker so revered that not even cold-blooded murder can sway his neighbours' attitude toward him. If Jack Black can make an excellent movie, surely anything is possible 2012-07-26T16:00:00Z Eventually, the uncle, an undertaker, turns up and wants his hearse back. Ghosts from Our Past: Both Literally and Figuratively 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z Each time, we used the same undertakers who we had got to know so they were no longer anonymous people in dark suits. ‘It was an incredibly enriching day’: the families taking control of death 2018-01-06T05:00:00Z Tonight he is dressed in a three-piece suit and black tie, like a local undertaker or hearty pub landlord. Elbow ? review 2011-03-27T00:05:55Z On the elevator ride up, he told me that this would be his fourth dead body, bragging about his experienced undertaker status. The hoarder, the corpse and the overnight shift: My summer as a Manhattan doorman 2013-12-16T01:00:00Z The inhabitants of Kasrilevke display few redeeming features: we see them mock the undertaker for harbouring ambitions for his son, torment a disabled child dubbed "the creature", and revel in others' misfortunes. Iram 2010-05-26T21:31:00Z “Nobody wants to go to a robotic undertaker who says ‘I’m sorry for your loss’; it’s just not meaningful. Five ways work will change in the future 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z The undertaker told his sister Deely there were 10 bodies on the plane that day, two of which were unidentifiable. Cannes film festival: the road that led to Route Irish 2010-05-19T01:20:00Z Finally, you'd be well advised leave the room for FYR Macedonia's song, unless you really want to see Nancy Dell'Olio doing a bad Bonnie Tyler impression while dressed up as a ruthless lady undertaker. Eurovision 2012: who shone brightest in the second semi-final? 2012-05-25T10:37:13Z It takes a moment for us to comprehend that the undertakers are trapped in the room with an eight-day-old corpse, and we’re now being asked, ever so politely, if we might authorise their release. Snooping in a dead man's house: my uneasy inheritance 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z One of his recurring characters was an undertaker named Grimy James, whose frock coat came in handy when the station bought a collection of 52 old horror films from Universal. John Zacherle, Host With a Ghoulish Perspective, Dies at 98 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z Rake-thin in a black suit and big shades tonight, Jones looks like a groovy undertaker only too pleased to disinter his second most influential band. The Naked and Famous; Big Audio Dynamite ? review 2011-04-09T23:05:43Z Delvin is left first to the care of an orphanage and then to a kindly undertaker, from whom he learns the mechanics of death and the rhythms of grief. Why write a novel about a race that’s not your own? The case of ‘Ginny Gall’ 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z The undertaker has dressed him in his favourite vintage shirt, one bought during that hot summer bussing tables in San Francisco. 'The clock of his life was counting down' – loving and losing my ex 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z They told the proprietor, Scott Mathis, what had happened, and he alerted his undertaker, who went with several men to the creek. The Marked Woman 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z He played a serial killer on “Dexter,” of course, but his peevish undertaker David Fisher on “Six Feet Under” was no more reassuring. David Bowie, Celebrated by His Friends 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z British undertakers shed light on the business of dying in this BBC Two series. What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘I’m Sorry’ and ‘Funeral Directors: Dead Good Job’ 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z The book’s primary focus, however, is Ms Mayfield’s effort to render judgment on the undertaker of the title. Killer prose 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z The chorus, whose expert contributions came across best in the challenging acoustic, appeared to be synchronised undertakers in black suits with top hats pulled down low. Dido and Aeneas; English Music festival – review 2013-06-01T23:07:11Z Down the street the Isaiah Owens Funeral Services, home of “the most artful undertaker in Harlem,” bills itself as “Where Beauty Softens Your Grief.” Arts & Leisure: Richard Price and CBS?s Harlem Crime Drama ?NYC-22? 2012-04-05T16:11:57Z When the undertaker covered the bloated corpse with salt and ice, it began to shrink as if the last bit of life were leaking out. The Marked Woman 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z The Host Who Says Things: When Shawntel stopped by the set to talk about her bullying, Chris Harrison introduces her as “the hottest undertaker in the business.” The Bachelor Watch: The Women Tell All, Say Nothing 2012-03-06T13:30:46Z "I am the man who pressed the button," sings an undertaker, reminding us of the American way of death. The Perfect American – review 2013-06-08T23:06:02Z The exchange with the undertaker spells out one of the episode’s themes. 'Justified' Recap: Seeing Ghosts 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z It’s no surprise that Ville Rose’s mayor is also the town undertaker, or that Claire’s mother came from a family of professional mourners and worked in the mayor’s funeral parlor, washing and dressing the dead. Books of The Times: Edwidge Danticat’s Novel ‘Claire of the Sea Light’ 2013-09-05T20:49:44Z In Ankara, undertakers wrapped my father’s body in muslin and dropped him into the ground. Mourning Through Horror Movies 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z The undertaker began to unscrew the coffin lid. Digested classics: the 20th century's greatest novels 2010-10-13T06:59:00Z They have variously worked in a failing butcher's shop, a car dealership, an undertaker's, as an office clerk. Booker club: Last Orders by Graham Swift 2012-07-24T11:28:36Z "Blaming taxidermy for the large number of rare species in glass cases is as illogical as blaming undertakers for all the dead people in cemeteries." Genius or grotesquery? The arrestingly strange world of Walter Potter 2010-10-08T17:37:00Z An exchange between an excitable neo-Nazi and the soft-spoken Givens is elegant and to the point: “Who in the hell are you, the undertaker?” Television Review | 'Justified': On FX, an Elmore Leonard Lawman in Kentucky 2010-03-15T21:40:00Z White, looking like a dandyish undertaker in a black suit and matching bowler, was in the record store, which doubles as a tiny Jack White museum. Jack White Is the Coolest, Weirdest, Savviest Rock Star of Our Time 2012-04-07T00:27:22Z When Sato died on Sept. 13, the only other people in his apartment were doctors, aides and undertakers. Dying at home rather than in hospital, elderly Japanese "go to the afterlife quietly" 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z Time to talk about the route, tell us about the undertakers and the horses – six black chargers led by Mr Twister – who'll pull the gun carriage after a pit stop at St Clement Danes. Margaret Thatcher funeral: Dimbleby is stately on TV's near-state ocacasion 2013-04-17T16:46:10Z Not everything's on show, however, with the cameras discretely pulling away as a Nepalese "sky-burial" undertaker chops the deceased up for the vultures. Tonight's TV highlights: The Culture Show 2011-02-10T00:04:01Z During segregation, when city ambulances refused to enter black neighborhoods, black undertakers provided their hearses instead. 'Inundated and overwhelmed': black undertakers struggle amid pandemic 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z Tiger Woods played golf, in his heyday, with the authority of an undertaker. Phil Mickelson, Game for Anything and All Too Human 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z Nestled in a Chrysler undercarriage are the four Egyptian jars in which pharaonic undertakers would mummify the dead's viscera. Matthew Barney's 'River of Fundament'? Well, it's certainly big 2015-09-26T04:00:00Z Delvin is left first to the care of an orphanage and then to a kindly undertaker, from whom he learns the mechanics of death and the rhythms of grief. Why write a novel about a race that’s not your own? The case of ‘Ginny Gall’ 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z The undertakers are here to remove the body, but the handle on the bedroom door has come off. Snooping in a dead man's house: my uneasy inheritance 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z My first task every Monday morning, as the most junior reporter on the paper, was to call on the town’s undertakers and compile a list of people who had died over the weekend. In Roald Dahl’s Car 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z Oliver’s transit from the workhouse to an undertaker’s establishment to Fagin’s hide-out, spread across eight chapters in the Dickens, takes what seems like a blink of an eye here. ‘Oliver!’ Review: Tunes, Glorious Tunes, in a Grimly Cheerful Revival 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z Robert Leo Hulseman, creator of the red Solo cup In retrospect the undertaker Made a big mistake By letting fans of Solo cups Arrange that bier pong wake. Style Invitational Week 1212: The Tile Invitational IV 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z As the latest polls show, Trump is digging his own grave with the laser-focused precision of an expert undertaker. We need you, Seth Meyers: Don’t ban Donald Trump from your show—take him down 2016-06-19T04:00:00Z At the same time, the role of undertaker developed into that of funeral director. A nice place to rest 2012-10-07T20:00:00Z Then their eyes lighted on an undertaker whose stocky build matched the poet’s. David Slivka, a Sculptor and Painter, Dies at 95 2010-04-04T00:07:00Z But just as Singaporean cuisine was born in humble circumstances, so the country's current prosperity might prove its undertaker. Meal Ticket to Ride in Singapore 2010-06-23T09:20:00Z She and other undertakers in the neighborhood are trading coffins between themselves to meet demand, Castro said. In Venezuela's funeral industry, a shortage of coffins 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z Characters include a singing undertaker, a wet farmer, three residents of Windsor Terrace and an ex-con who teams up with a nun. Theater Listings for Aug. 28-Sept. 3 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z The undertaker tried to determine if the woman was Anna Brown, whom he’d known. The Marked Woman 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z She was dressed comfortably, if somewhat somberly, in black pants and a black blouse with large buttons, like an undertaker’s idea of casual Friday. Lois Smith’s Year of Working Constantly 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z It features twin cowboys holding up trigger fingers as they square off for a duel, a spectator cowering in a barrel and a top-hatted undertaker flanked by two damsels seemingly unconcerned about any imminent shootout. Storefronts Seattle puts art and life in empty retail spaces 2011-08-25T18:20:04Z His appreciations of other writers were mostly composed upon their deaths; he called them “undertaker’s pieces.” In Robert Lowell’s ‘Memoirs,’ Mental Illness, Creative Friends and a Takedown of Dad 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z A thick coil of muscle almost bursting Bluto-like from his overly snug undertaker suits, Bigfoot wears a flattop so sharply planed it looks like a slice of his head was left on the barbershop floor. ‘Inherent Vice,’ Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z This two-parter, Death Of The Doctor, sees an alien race of "intergalactic undertakers" apparently bringing the corpse of the Doctor back to his favourite planet. A History of Horror With Mark Gatiss 2010-10-25T05:45:00Z In most photos, he’s dressed like an insurance salesman or undertaker: plain tie, white shirt, dark jacket. The greatest reporter of our time, and why we should never forget him 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z Then two insurance men “dressed like undertakers” walk into La Fonda’s terrace bar. It’s 1988 and Philip Marlowe Is Retired. But Not for Long. 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z There’s Cliff’s failed relationship with the late Mallory, who seemingly drank herself to death, and whom he mourns by staying in the cell adjacent to where her body’s being held for the undertaker. “The Dead Don’t Die,” Reviewed: Jim Jarmusch’s Fiercely Political Zombie Comedy 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z Wilder's first movie role was a small part as a terrified undertaker who was abducted by Bonnie and Clyde in Arthur Penn's 1967 film of the same name. Gene Wilder, star of 'Willy Wonka,' 'Blazing Saddles,' dead at 83 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z Lynch, the poet and undertaker, says he would like to see more cremations that are witnessed, with families present at the last moments before the body enters the chamber. The stunning rise of cremation reveals America’s changing idea of death 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z Like undertakers and garbage haulers, obstetricians see the nitty-gritty of human existence that can be ghastly and grotesque. In Wisconsin, women’s health care is constricted by an 1849 law. These doctors are aghast 2023-07-30T04:00:00Z The women then took the remains back and they were sent to the undertaker. Mum was given her baby's remains in supermarket carrier bag 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z French died soon after construction started, so Mason took over the role of general contractor — then known as undertaker — while acting as executor of French’s estate. Va. church where George Washington prayed honors its enslaved builders 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z He said Allan's body had been so badly decomposed when the police returned it to the family that the undertaker phoned up in tears. Scottish Prison Service faces first UK prosecution for corporate homicide 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z When undertakers lifted her body from the bed he said the smell was "horrific, the most unpleasant smell I've ever encountered." Kaylea Titford: Obese girl lived in squalor, court told 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z His public profile was so subdued that biographer Bianco described him as “a capitalist daredevil in the guise of an undertaker.” Albert Reichmann, real estate mogul who aided Jewish causes, dies at 93 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z He conducted his indictment press conferences — an evening news staple — sitting down, grim as an undertaker, at the center of a long boardroom table. Review | The extraordinary lives and lasting influence of the Morgenthaus 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z As undertaker of “Invincible,” I have decided it would be best to proceed with a closed casket. Review: If the Razzies included theater, 'Invincible’ would be one of 2022's big winners 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z Americans avoided public gatherings, children wore surgical masks to school, and undertakers ran out of coffins and burial plots in cemeteries. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Of the roughly one million people who die every year in Germany, nearly three quarters are cremated, figures from Germany's undertakers' association show. 'You can't switch off death,' German crematorium boss warns as energy crisis looms 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z The reason they are so indispensable is that fungi are nature’s undertakers, tasked with disposing of the dead, returning vital nutrients to the soil and ensuring the continuity of life. Review | Our planet is covered in fungus — and that’s a good thing 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z "Send me the undertaker, that would be the best bet." Ambulance waits: 'Can you please tell them to hurry up or I shall be dead' 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z Mr. Zaher, the chief undertaker, is moving to the new cemetery along with the displaced dead. Demolishing City of the Dead Will Displace a Lively Quarter of Cairo 2022-04-24T04:00:00Z “We were tired of being undertakers,” he said. Donald Pinkel, medical researcher who developed a treatment for childhood leukemia, dies at 95 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z At this point, only a few thousand remain, and Chevchenko and other volunteers have become caretakers, caregivers, getaway drivers — and undertakers. Ukrainian volunteers seek to save the living in a suburban ghost town outside Kyiv 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z This is bizarre coming from the man who takes himself and his politics as seriously as an undertaker. Bill Barr's pride gets in the way: Trump's top lackey just blew up his own redemption tour 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z “There’s even an undertaker who listens with a tiny earpiece during funerals.” Duvall Hecht, who popularized audiobooks as founder of Books on Tape, dies at 91 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z Their photo archive has pictures of them dressed as undertakers and hooded figures chasing costumed holidaymakers across the beach. Sons of Neptune: Scarborough sewage rebels head for the big screen 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z And in South Africa, undertakers are taking to the streets to spread the word. Undertakers, rabbis join global fight promoting COVID shots 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z She found a pub owner named Sowerby, who most likely provides the name of the undertaker, Mr. Sowerberry, to whom Oliver is apprenticed. Selling Luxury Apartments Where Oliver Twist Once Asked for Gruel 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z Dole failed to find the national cheerleader within him, couldn't stand spin doctors and was cursed with the smile of an undertaker. Veteran Republican leader Bob Dole dies 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z Even in the heat of southern Spain, Mr. Zamora wears a tie and loafers, looking more like a lawyer than an undertaker. The Body Collector of Spain: When Migrants Die at Sea, He Gets Them Home 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z The mayor of Fair Bluff is Billy Hammond, who works as an undertaker at the local funeral home. Climate Change Is Bankrupting America’s Small Towns 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z Temple volunteers have been sewing orange PPE suits for monks, undertakers and scavengers, and PPEs are being sent to thousands of temples in need across the country. Trash to treasure: Thailand makes COVID-19 protective gear out of upcycled bottles 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z There is no official data, but undertakers said around three quarters of French Muslims were buried abroad pre-COVID. French Muslims pay heavy price in COVID pandemic 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z The festival is an annual arts and culture event to encourage conversations about death and dying, created by BrumYODO, a community group made up of artists, undertakers, palliative care professionals, hospices, solicitors and celebrants. Covid-19: Birmingham artwork remembers pandemic victims 2021-05-08T04:00:00Z The undertakers at the grounds said they are burning at least a 100 bodies a day. Opinion | India is collapsing under a second wave of coronavirus. Callousness and incompetence are killing us. 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z As for the executions, Nur explains, one of the jobs of the White Helmets is to replace undertakers in rebel-controlled areas. Mayday: How the White Helmets and James Le Mesurier got pulled into a deadly battle for truth 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z Historically in Ireland, many bar owners juggled careers as undertakers, farmers, grocers, auctioneers and postmasters. Pandemic upends life for Ireland's pub owners-cum-undertakers 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z As mortuaries reached capacity, the country’s largest firm of undertakers, AVBOB, distributed 22 refrigerated shipping containers to its funeral homes. African countries scramble to bury virus dead, get vaccines 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z “The situation is a little bit tense for us at the moment,” Schaldach said as another undertaker’s van pulled up outside. Bodies pile up at crematorium in Germany’s virus hot spot 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z “The situation is a little bit tense for us at the moment,” Schaldach said as another undertaker’s van pulled up outside. Bodies pile up at crematorium in Germany’s virus hot spot 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z Germany reported one of its highest daily death tolls to date Tuesday, and South African undertakers are struggling to keep up with virus mortalities. Pandemic haunts new year as virus growth outpaces vaccines 2021-01-05T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, Danielle’s duties were stretched to include the work of an undertaker, with instructions to treat the dead as though they were still contagious. Opinion | This Is Why Nursing Homes Failed So Badly 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z The US marked the first day of 2021 by surpassing the dismal landmark of 20 million coronavirus cases, as hospitals, undertakers, vaccine administrators and ordinary families struggled across the nation. US surpasses 20m coronavirus cases on New Year's Day 2021-01-01T05:00:00Z Priests and undertakers at Saqqara are selling everything from mummification services to burial plots. ‘Death has become a big business.’ Elaborate coffins illuminate hidden history of ancient Egypt 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z In between jobs buffing tables and pianos, he worked as an undertaker’s assistant nailing coffins at a funeral parlor. Sean Connery, who brought James Bond to life on film, dies at 90 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z Biden may be the undertaker who finally buries the “special relationship”. From climate to China, how Joe Biden is plotting America’s restoration 2020-10-25T04:00:00Z “Highlander’s” Clancy Brown is your friendly neighborhood undertaker in the supernatural thriller “The Mortuary Collection.” What's on TV This Week: 'Des' with David Tenant, Billboard Awards and more 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z “You had undertakers who now needed boxes on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,” Pillay said. South African coffin-maker saw COVID-19 at work and at home 2020-10-04T04:00:00Z About 300 marked graves exist, he says, but undertaker records were used to create a database of about 2,700 names. Perspective | They were names on headstones until the pandemic. Then they became reminders that ‘Georgetown was Black.’ 2020-09-12T04:00:00Z As an alternative, some undertakers agree to drive the hearse by the home of the deceased on the way to the grave. COVID-19 takes loved ones, then the rituals to mourn them 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z What’s more, went a morbid joke, if a patient’s survival seemed dubious, an undertaker might dawdle ’round the block before reaching the hospital, perhaps instead ending up at the funeral home. A hearse is a hearse, except when it was an ambulance 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z The behavior of the undertaker was relatively calm, even casual. Opinion | The Zombie Ants 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z “We were told to wrap the residents in a body bag and meet the undertaker at the elevator.” Inspection finds widespread infection-control failures at facility that gave veterans hydroxychloroquine 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z The family rode in one of Mr. Mweli’s taxis, to save on travel costs, with an undertaker transporting the body separately. In South Africa, Burial Traditions Upended by Coronavirus 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z “We got there and they pulled him out, chained down and his body shriveled from being in the water. We witnessed the body and then they must have called the undertaker.” North Carolina man works to uncover the past 2020-07-11T04:00:00Z A few people worked to prepare her body for the undertaker and placed a sheet over her. Window into virus surge: Death, recovery at Houston hospital 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z If it was the last time @undertaker laced up his boots, I’m honored it was against me. The Undertaker hints at retirement from wrestling 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z Traylor was homeless, living at one point in an undertaker’s shop. Former slave Bill Traylor's artistic legacy under threat from forgers 2020-06-21T04:00:00Z The wrenching effects of the national regulations already in place are clear to Mr. Stali, the undertaker. In South Africa, Burial Traditions Upended by Coronavirus 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z An undertaker’s teenage daughter visits her uncle to learn about her mother in 1974 Los Angeles. Movies on TV this week, June 7: Mary Poppins; Finding Nemo 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z There are volunteers who work as undertakers and university professors, priests and pilots. ‘I was told to stop Julian Assange if he tried to flee’: on the beat with the UK’s volunteer police 2020-05-23T04:00:00Z His friends had to wait with the corpse in an evangelical church until they could find undertakers to take it away. Latin America’s Outbreaks Now Rival Europe’s. But Its Options Are Worse. 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z There was “difficulty in getting sufficient caskets for the dead,” physicians were “overworked,” the hospitals were “full” and undertaker C.B. Las Vegas, US coronavirus closures mirror 1918 pandemic 2020-05-09T04:00:00Z Now, the corpse must be transported in a separate vehicle, attended by a certified undertaker, meaning that cash-strapped families must hire at least two vehicles. In South Africa, Burial Traditions Upended by Coronavirus 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z In Paris, undertakers seal bodies in double-layer bags and ferry them to cremations that relatives are not allowed to attend. AP PHOTOS: Altered reality of the coronavirus pandemic 2020-05-04T04:00:00Z Ask Paris undertaker Franck Vasseur to recall the last funeral he “enjoyed” and you get back a sad, somewhat confused stare from the tired eyes under his disheveled mop of hair. Before the virus: Looking back on some last ‘normal’ moments 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z “As the people killed him, they will have to bury him,” said an aunt who called at the undertaker’s to see the body, an Alexandria newspaper reported. Joseph McCoy was lynched by a mob in 1897. At a virtual remembrance, officials vowed not to forget. 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z An undertaker from London, who asked to be anonymous, told the BBC he usually processed three deaths a week but was now "preparing three a day". Coronavirus cases to be tracked by ethnicity 2020-04-18T04:00:00Z Up until April 3, the undertakers were inmates from Rikers Island, the city’s principal jail complex. Burials on Hart Island, where New York’s unclaimed lie in mass graves, have risen fivefold 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z In one corner of the cemetery, a coffin is removed from a hearse and six undertakers in white overalls walk over fresh red soil to a newly-dug grave. 'Undocumented virus explosion' sweeps Brazil 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z Over the course of Tuesday, six of those people - two doctors, an undertaker, two senior care home staff and a food delivery worker - kept diaries of their day and shared them with the BBC. 24 hours in New York's fight against coronavirus 2020-04-11T04:00:00Z Brooklyn undertaker Thomas Cheeseman said funeral homes are so backed up, some people will inevitably end up being temporarily interred. As virus kills, NYC shortens deadline for claiming dead 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z “We’ve been, like, living inside our cars lately, all the undertakers,” says Pujols, who coordinates with several funeral homes, most in Brooklyn. 24 hours in the life and death of a besieged New York City 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z But Ms. Anderson had a plan: She knew an undertaker in northeast Philadelphia. The Killer Flu of 1918: A Philadelphia Story 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z She was buried in St Ninnidh's cemetery as a handful of mourners watched on from a distance and the parish priest said prayers and the undertaker stood by. No wake, no funeral, just prayers in a cemetery 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z Williams said the undertaker wrapped sheeting around his wife’s face, before wrapping her body tightly and placing her in a body bag – all procedures required in an infectious disease death. London woman, 36, dies of suspected Covid-19 after being told she is 'not priority' 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z In this unprecedented situation undertakers are suddenly finding themselves acting as replacement families, replacement friends, even replacement priests. Why families in Italy can't say goodbye to the dead 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z A boozing New England undertaker orders his henchman to make some business. Movies on TV this week: Sunday, Mar. 22, 2020 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z Six miles later, Ms. Anderson reached the undertaker; he accepted the tiny body. The Killer Flu of 1918: A Philadelphia Story 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z However, when he placed the bee in a heated petri dish and warmed it up by a few degrees Celsius, it often took undertakers several hours to even notice the body. How ‘undertaker’ bees recognize dead comrades 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z Over the years, he proposed his own nouns of multitude, including an unction of undertakers, a shrivel of critics and a queue of actors. James Lipton, host of ‘Inside the Actors Studio,’ dies at 93 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z In this time of virus, undertakers are often forced to meet grieving families either side of a closed door. Why families in Italy can't say goodbye to the dead 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z But the coffins have been placed in a municipal crypt until undertakers are available. ‘People are getting a little crazy’: Life in Italy’s coronavirus ‘red zone’ 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z Princess Anne left a message on the answerphone machine saying: ‘If I wanted an undertaker then I would have asked for one.’ Royal dog breeder shot dead near Stanley Johnson's estate 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z That suggests it’s not temperature, but the absence of CHC emissions that undertakers use to diagnose death. How ‘undertaker’ bees recognize dead comrades 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z The undertaker is listed on the document as the “informant,” the title given to whoever fills out personal information about the deceased. Family hopes to rescue ancestor from forgotten cemetery 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z But many undertakers are now in quarantine themselves. Why families in Italy can't say goodbye to the dead 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z Instead, he created a network of undertakers and paid them up to $1,000 for each corpse. Wife of ‘Body Snatcher’ details how she learned Michael Mastromarino illegally harvested corpses in new book 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z “Apart from the ‘undertakers’ — the carrion eaters like currawongs, ravens and shrike-thrushes — picking off the dead bodies, there’s nothing much left in the forest. Daily briefing: Origin of repeating fast radio burst deepens its mystery 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z Ping Wen, an ecologist at the Chinese Academy of Sciences’s botanical garden in Yunnan, wondered whether a specific type of scent molecule might help undertaker bees find their fallen hivemates. How ‘undertaker’ bees recognize dead comrades 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z Apart from the ‘undertakers’ — the carrion eaters like currawongs, ravens and shrike-thrushes — picking off the dead bodies, there’s nothing much left in the forest. ‘Deathly silent’: Ecologist describes Australian wildfires’ devastating aftermath 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z But the undertaker’s careful words which she was using called up fearful pictures: I couldn’t go to that chapel. The Strangeness of Grief 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z Mr. Bloomberg often said he intended to bounce a check to the undertaker. How a String of Flukes Helped Pave the Way for Mayor Michael Bloomberg 2019-12-22T05:00:00Z Surgeons, undertakers and others began performing rudimentary embalming of soldiers using arsenic, zinc chloride or other ingredients. The Movement to Bring Death Closer 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z It is understood he made four purchases, at least two of which were made when the child's body remained in the house, and while he waited for an undertaker to arrive. PC who bought porn while child dead in house jailed 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z He popped up on an episode of the show Lillyhammer as an undertaker, but that was because his pal Little Steven was the star, and even directed that episode. The Boss on film: a brief history of Bruce Springsteen on screen 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z If you’re going to be a purist about it, which they certainly were, those self-appointed undertakers weren’t wrong. Woodstock glorified them. Tarantino barbecued them. In 2019, whither the hippie? 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z Organizers said 80 boats officially took part in the canal parade on Saturday, including ones representing Dutch police, the military and an undertakers’ organization. LGBT pride parade in Amsterdam features boats as floats 2019-08-03T04:00:00Z On a dusty side street on the east side of Beirut, a young man named Pavlov is studying his father, the undertaker, as a funeral procession slinks by. Review: A love note to Beirut and a lament for war — Rawi Hage's latest is a hell of a story 2019-07-20T04:00:00Z "I just wanted him to have a proper funeral. I enjoyed watching him on TV. He made me laugh. And anybody who can make an undertaker laugh must be a bloody good comedian." Final farewell to comic Freddie Starr 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z Washington’s funeral industry is split concerning the practice, but history has shown that undertakers can change their views. Washington state legalizes ‘human composting’ 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z Johnson is just an all-purpose nightmare, while Rees-Mogg dresses like both corpse and undertaker. So now Brexit could fall on Halloween. How very … appropriate | Andrew Martin 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z All Giannino was offered was a job as an undertaker in a cemetery for little more than €1,000 a month. 'Italian state betrayed me': life after turning mafia informant 2019-03-17T04:00:00Z Hirsch plays Pat Tate, an Irish immigrant working as a carpenter and undertaker in a quiet outpost on the trail to California. Reviews: Boxing doc ‘Cradle of Champions,’ Emile Hirsch and John Cusack in western ‘Never Grow Old’ and more 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z An undertaker and family man plies his trade in a violent frontier-era town. L.A. movie openings, March 15: Keira Knightley in ‘The Aftermath’ and more 2019-03-10T05:00:00Z One attendee told the story of a Midwestern undertaker who moved his business here, and how he was immediately struck by how much better the corpses looked. My reflections on the left coast: Out here, even the corpses look better 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z Another key driver of this suicide crisis: Veterinarians are consistently asked to act as animal undertakers. Suicides among veterinarians become a growing problem 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z Beside three fresh graves cut into the frozen earth, an undertaker opened a folding table and poured vodka into plastic cups for a farewell toast. Russia High-Rise Collapse an Emblem of Hardships in the Hinterlands 2019-01-05T05:00:00Z But Mark was told by the undertaker the stones were missing when he ripped his glove preparing his body for the funeral. 'Who would steal from my husband's body?' 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z Already, dutiful undertakers are hard at work primping it for burial. How Not to Mourn the Aristocracy 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z A training program for the next generation of morticians and undertakers is testament to a change that is slowly remaking the funeral business. Death becomes her: Women make inroads in funeral industry 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z When a loved one dies, it is often medical staff, a hospice and an undertaker who deal with the final moments. 'I'm a friend at the end - a death doula' 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z "The undertakers couldn't make the coffins quick enough, let alone polish them," he wrote on 16 May 1973. Spanish flu: 'We didn't know who we'd lose next' 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z Another posed as an undertaker, answering fact-checking calls from the newspaper on a dedicated phone line that Mr. Abel had installed, complete with its own directory-information business listing. Alan Abel, Hoaxer Extraordinaire, Is (on Good Authority) Dead at 94 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z Mr Skelton said the event was about remembrance, hope and moving forward, recognising the forgotten people of the Omagh bomb including those involved in the aftermath of the bomb such as shopkeepers and undertakers. Bell to toll for Omagh bomb victims 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z My mother had been very sick recently; the kind of sick where the hospice people ask if you’ve got an undertaker and you make the calls to the family. The Zombie Apocalypse, Now Being Filmed at Your Hometown Cemetery 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z No more undertakers in black suits clutching handkerchiefs, old buddies weeping in corners, telling off-color stories, nipping shots, no more covered mirrors, black dresses, skullcaps and crucifixes. “My Friends Don’t Get Buried” 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z My mother said even the undertaker was teary. Opinion | Thank you to my many fathers 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z These “digital undertakers” issue takedown requests to website administrators and server operators, and sometimes involve authorities if site operators don’t comply. Creep Sweep: Spy Squad, Politicians Target South Korea’s Peeping Toms 2018-06-02T04:00:00Z She said it was "wonderful" when she got a letter from Torbay undertaker Mr Lack. Crooked undertaker kept hold of ashes 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z But he is a staunch defender of the essence of the undertaker’s role: “a promise to get the dead to where they need to go”. Why undertakers are worried 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z "I used to work as an undertaker in Syria. My job was to bury the martyrs," he said. Do Syrian refugees ever want to return home? 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z A funeral plan, known as “pre-need” in America, is bought from a plan provider or undertaker, and paid for in a lump sum or instalments. Insurers and undertakers profit as people prepay their last bill 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z Today if a doctor saw such a reading in his office he wouldn't call the Emergency Room, he would call an undertaker. The Best Way to Monitor Your Blood Pressure? Do It Yourself 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z “Even on the sun-baked plain, marabou storks hush, like undertakers — bills half open, eyes frozen, legs as stiff as starch. They too appear to listen for the plane.” Review | Savior or killer? The perplexing tale of a pioneering doctor’s Nazi-era actions 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z “Anyone with a catalogue and a credit-card machine can make such a sale. It’s the service to the body that you call an undertaker for.” Why undertakers are worried 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z In many cases the job of flusher in London is a family occupation, the work traditionally passed down from father to son, much like the job of undertaker. London’s fatberg on show: ‘We thought of pickling it’ 2018-02-04T05:00:00Z The good news for undertakers, one such lender brags, is that people who have been given loans are more likely to spend more on a funeral, “meaning more sales for the funeral director”. Insurers and undertakers profit as people prepay their last bill 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z Continuing to the right, the business lineup continues with more community necessities: a bar, an undertaker, a store for shoes and another for home furnishings. It’s been busy around Fremont for more than 100 years 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z Banting, an overweight undertaker, published the book in 1864 to espouse his success after replacing an excessive intake of bread, sugar and potatoes with mostly meat, fish and vegetables. Dieters are willing to do almost anything to lose weight 2017-11-17T05:00:00Z Old-fashioned undertakers are hard put to find their place in such antics. Why undertakers are worried 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z “Nobody wants to enter bankruptcy. I‘m sort of like an undertaker that shows up at the door,” Orr told attendees at a Hartford Public High School evening event. Notable municipal bankruptcy lawyer talks shop to Hartford taxpayers 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z As with bees, undertakers will touch the corpse with their antennae before grabbing it in its jaws. Queen Ants and Other Insects Bury Their Dead—Here's Why 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z Ms. Newton watched for a moment, nodded and explained what was apparently happening: “One of their many jobs is to be undertaker bees and clean the dead ones out.” Atop a Manhattan Convention Center, a Harvest of Honey 2017-09-10T04:00:00Z A self-proclaimed caretaker of global capitalism, Silicon Valley is much more likely to end up as its undertaker. Silicon Valley has been humbled. But its schemes are as dangerous as ever 2017-09-02T04:00:00Z Such changes in “consumer preference” unnerve most undertakers. Why undertakers are worried 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z “Nobody wants to enter bankruptcy. I‘m sort of like an undertaker that shows up at the door,” Orr told attendees at a Hartford Public High School evening event. Notable municipal bankruptcy lawyer talks shop to Hartford taxpayers 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z If you thought humans were the only species with undertakers, guess again. Queen Ants and Other Insects Bury Their Dead—Here's Why 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z On Aug. 15, he became his undertaker, tasked by his parents with burning the 4-year-old’s body. Under the mushroom cloud: Will Nagasaki’s story be told at Hanford’s new national park? 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z “I’ve made two Russian movies in a row, and it’s time to do something in English,” he said, adding he is now developing a dark comedy about Irish undertakers. Russia election hack seen as ‘paranoid’ in country, says director of film ‘Moscow Never Sleeps’ 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z But not every undertaker is fighting change with fearmongering or tut-tutting. Why undertakers are worried 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z The undertaker, who happened to be Turkish, said we should let him know when we wanted him to open it. When terror strikes the family of a terrorism reporter 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z After first briefly bringing their antennae into contact with the deceased, an undertaker bee then grabs its appendages in its jaw and drops it outside. Queen Ants and Other Insects Bury Their Dead—Here's Why 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z The Irish undertaker, Paul Ryan, is a lost cause — and increasingly looks like a bystander to the multiple-car wreck happening before him. Who will save the Republic? 2017-05-14T04:00:00Z United, the stadium undertakers, were also the opposition when Upton Park was laid to rest a year ago, when they helpfully allowed West Ham to beat them 3-2. Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester United: Premier League – live! 2017-05-14T04:00:00Z Rather than just accommodating themselves to what their customers want, some undertakers are actually promoting change. Why undertakers are worried 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z While funerals are costly in any number of countries, Haitian undertakers get away with charging rates that exceed what most citizens earn in a year. Grieving Haitians go into lifetime of debt to fund funerals 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z And her tone in the House of Commons was as conciliatory as May is capable of, her face twisted into something resembling a smile, as if by an undertaker. Theresa May has signed, sealed and delivered article 50. Our writers respond 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z He found the undertaker who provided the casket, and enlisted his wife to use their Queens parish to find the Dallas priest who administered last rites. Jimmy Breslin and the Lost Voice of the People 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z A Labour MP who struggled to pay for her son's funeral is "delighted" the UK's largest undertaker firm is to waive fees for all children's funerals. MP who borrowed money for son's funeral 'delighted' as fees waived for under 18s - BBC News 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z They are looking elsewhere, be it to a new breed of undertaker, to hotel chains that “do” funerals, or—for their coffin or urn—to Amazon or Walmart. Why undertakers are worried 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z At the funeral of Princess Charlotte, in 1817, the undertakers were drunk. Operation London Bridge: the secret plan for the days after the Queen’s death 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z That Wisconsin undertaker displayed a funeral hearse and a grim message: “Side effect of heroin: Your vehicle changes.” Funeral directors face emotional burden from overdose flood 2017-02-25T05:00:00Z After Joe reveals that he’s not an undertaker but a writer, Norma, who is still wise to the ways of Hollywood, hires him to rewrite a script about Salome that she’s been working on. Dressing Like a Woman in “Sunset Boulevard” 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z "It's easy. Easier than dealing with some random undertaker," says the app's website proudly. Russians mock 'Uber-like' funeral app - BBC News 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z They simply separate this from body disposal and may not see any reason to include an undertaker. Why undertakers are worried 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z The royal undertakers, Leverton & Sons, keep what they call a “first call coffin” ready in case of royal emergencies. Operation London Bridge: the secret plan for the days after the Queen’s death 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z But his dad was asked how he was feeling just once, by an undertaker. The lifeline for dads coping with the loss of a child - BBC News 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z A local undertaker slipped the body in a random man’s coffin for her. 7 of 2016’s Most Fascinating Obituaries 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z A local undertaker buried the collaborator’s body in the same coffin as another body, she said. Marion Pritchard, Who Risked Her Life to Rescue Jews From Nazis, Dies at 96 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z Nearby undertakers cover their ears at the thumping soundtrack that goes with his presentation. Why undertakers are worried 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z She credited a local undertaker with helping dispose of the corpse by burying it with another body in a coffin. Marion Pritchard, Dutch rescuer of Jewish children during the Holocaust, dies at 96 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z Anyone can scatter ashes at sea, and you don't need a special licence or the involvement of an undertaker. Burial at sea: Seven things you might not know - BBC News 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z Maria asks one of her daughters to fetch the undertakers' bill. The Philippines: No country for poor men - BBC News 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z "I seen the priest first and then the undertaker and got the measurements, although I knew the measurements from the ones I dug before," he said. 'I love digging,' says elderly Canadian who dug own grave - BBC News 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z This refers to the undertaker’s supposed need to “educate” the public about the value of ceremony, commemoration and—crucially—the undertaker. Why undertakers are worried 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z As with the undertakers’ meeting, many industry conventions now involve more than speeches, golf and hospitality suites. Conventioneers Add Charity Work to Golf and Speeches 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z Once a sizeble group of city cadavers had been dissected and returned to Einstein’s “cooler,” typically in August, the Einstein undertaker would contact the city morgue to pick them up for burial. For 22 Unclaimed Bodies in New York, a Grim Path From Death to Burial 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z In 1979, Coscarelli wrote and directed a surrealistic horror film called “Phantasm” about a sinister undertaker who turns dead people into dwarf zombies who do his bidding – a cult premise if ever there was one. In an age of comic-book blockbusters and viral sensations, whatever happened to the cult movie? 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z Jarman didn’t speak with funeral directors or undertakers about the physicality of death. This is the end: undertaking a journey to beat the fear of death 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z In America income from selling such products, still accounting for nearly a third of undertakers’ revenue, has been falling for the past five years, according to the NFDA. Why undertakers are worried 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z Knowing that Marion had no black undertakers, he braved the trip to Marion that morning to pick up their bodies and prepare them for a Christian burial. The view from Middletown: a typical US city that never did exist 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z The undertaker explains to prospective customers - the audience - the new trend in fashioning coffins in the shape of people’s favorite sugary foods. The scariest haunted house this election year? ‘Doomocracy’ 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z The undertaker explains to prospective customers — the audience — the new trend in fashioning coffins in the shape of people’s favorite sugary foods. The scariest haunted house this election year? 'Doomocracy' 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z Then he admits to being an undertaker and Bonnie demands that he and Velma be dumped on the roadside, hamburgers in hand, in the dark. Here’s to the Milder Gene Wilder 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z “Where’s the guest of honour? …No visitation and empty casket, no embalming. What’s the point?” asks Michael Nicodemus, an undertaker in Virginia, arms aloft in exasperation as he shows a slide of an empty coffin. Why undertakers are worried 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z Citizens Advice Scotland said the average cost of a basic burial in Scotland, excluding undertakers fees, was now £1,373. Scots burial and cremation costs hit new high - BBC News 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z Photos carried Friday by the respected Central Asian news website Fergana.ru showed what appeared to be undertakers in Samarkand working on a plot in the cemetery where Karimov’s family is buried. Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov Dies at 78 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z His early big-screen roles were feats of lunacy: the kidnapped undertaker of “Bonnie and Clyde,” the doctor who falls for a sheep named Daisy in Woody Allen’s “Everything You Wanted to Know About Sex.” Appreciation: In Gene Wilder’s madcap roles, a magical mania 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z From the back, the undertaker watched it all. Life lessons from a small-town undertaker as white women die younger in America 2016-08-20T04:00:00Z So far relatively few people buy, but they do learn what they cost—and notice their undertaker’s often quite dramatic mark-up. Why undertakers are worried 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z As an undertaker, he said, he values his relaxation time because “life is short, death is forever.” ‘Bikini Moms’ and Petty Squabbles at a Beach Club Fit for Reality TV 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z “You just hang a shingle on a wall and you’re an undertaker all of a sudden.” Transporting the Dead, Sometimes With No Permit Required 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z Bad luck was often cited as the key reason for his lack of Formula One success, with former world champion Mario Andretti once famously saying: "If he became an undertaker, people would stop dying." Former Ferrari driver Amon dies aged 73 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z The undertaker watched as the Cadillac Escalade pulled up and the corpse was wheeled inside. Life lessons from a small-town undertaker as white women die younger in America 2016-08-20T04:00:00Z Reviews of undertakers on Google or sites such as Yelp are becoming more common. Why undertakers are worried 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z For centuries, these undertakers have handled the bodies that their white counterparts would rarely touch, while preserving the mourning rituals of homegoing that began to evolve during the slave trade. At a Funeral Home in Brooklyn, the Hard Business of Goodbye 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z Ward, who worked as an embalmer and undertaker until 2001, said he didn’t want the collection to be a burden to his family and believes the Texas museum is the ideal recipient. Missouri funeral artifacts collection heads to Texas museum 2016-07-17T04:00:00Z Not only was he an undertaker, but he was the county coroner. Undertaker tried to sooth child death grief with ‘Babyland’ 2016-05-29T04:00:00Z Those deaths have all been charted by Debbie Murphy, the owner of two of the county’s three funeral homes, where she employs Ridener as her undertaker. Life lessons from a small-town undertaker as white women die younger in America 2016-08-20T04:00:00Z As far-sighted undertakers extend into the exotic, more mundane colleagues find themselves undercut on the basics. Why undertakers are worried 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z Membership at the National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association, the country’s largest group of African-American undertakers, has fallen to 1,200 from 2,000 over the last two decades. At a Funeral Home in Brooklyn, the Hard Business of Goodbye 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z But when the undertakers checked Hart Island, she was not there. Unearthing the Secrets of New York’s Mass Graves 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z “Defeat is not your undertaker. It should be your teacher,” he had said then. Capitals reach a familiar ending, knocked out of playoffs in second round 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z Trying to thaw the chill, the House speaker displays his best ingratiating Irish undertaker air. Donald Trump or Paul Ryan: Who’s King of the Hill? 2016-05-07T04:00:00Z He says they have to advise undertakers who want to plaster Facebook with pictures of hearses and coffins: “No, please don’t do that; don’t advertise death.” Why undertakers are worried 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z In similar vein, he reveals that the first time he performed on a stage, it was with the boy who lived down the street, the undertaker’s son. Lindsay Kemp: ‘I was destined for stardom … I’m still waiting for it’ 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z Views differ over whether the role of cadavers in teaching future doctors, or even undertakers, should outweigh any concerns about consent, religious prohibitions or disparate treatment of the poor. Unearthing the Secrets of New York’s Mass Graves 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z Once the media mob has worked you over there’s not much the undertaker can do to make you look presentable for the wake. WESLEY PRUDEN: The great Republican snipe hunt 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z Mum, deadlines, undertakers: these are poor choices of words for a mother fearing calamity, though the tragic insinuations enter the poems comically. The Poetry of Ordinary Terror 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z After the undertaker prepared the body of Nene Nomo, he was laid on top of the coffin that he will be buried in. 30 Pictures Show the Different Ways We Die 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z “No one wants to go to a robotic undertaker,” he said. Our tech future: the rich own the robots while the poor have 'job mortgages' 2016-03-12T05:00:00Z Scott Janssen, an undertaker from Anchorage who is known as the Mushing Mortician, was the first to leave across Willow Lake in the staggered started to the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Iditarod mushers set off from Alaska town as nearly 1,000-mile race begins 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z Scott Janssen, an undertaker from Anchorage who is known as the Mushing Mortician, was the first to leave across Willow Lake in the staggered started. Mushers set off from Alaska town as Iditarod race begins 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z Shares in the UK's only listed undertaker have risen more than 25% in the past 12 months, valuing the company at £1.2bn. Sharp rise in deaths bolsters Dignity profits - BBC News 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z After the undertaker prepared the body of Nene Nomo, he was laid on top of the coffin that he will be buried in. 30 Pictures Show the Different Ways We Die 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z Kaplan mentioned other employment options that will remain: tennis pros, party planners, flower arrangers and undertakers. Our tech future: the rich own the robots while the poor have 'job mortgages' 2016-03-12T05:00:00Z MSPs said the bill risked being a "missed opportunity" unless a licensing scheme for undertakers was included. MSPs say burial reform bill lacks 'detail and ambition' - BBC News 2016-01-31T05:00:00Z She introduced herself as a makeup artist and motivational speaker who was returning to school to become an undertaker. ‘A Whole New Being’: How Kricket Nimmons Seized the Transgender Moment 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z But until now, little was known about how these tiny undertakers turn our bodies to dust. Thousands of unexpected microbes break down our bodies after death 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z After the undertaker prepared the body of Nene Nomo, he was laid on top of the coffin that he will be buried in. 30 Pictures Show the Different Ways We Die 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z Haydock High School enlisted the help of an undertaker to arrange forensic tests on the skeleton - nicknamed Arthur. Burial service held for Haydock High School skeleton - BBC News 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z The Banting diet is named after a short, portly 29th century British undertaker, William Banting. South Africa's guru for benefits of saturated fat faces hearing 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z In Japanese tradition, undertakers belonged to the burakumin, society’s lowest and most reviled caste. The Rise of the Artisanal Funeral 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z Since he was a child, Williams said he's wanted to be an undertaker, to honor the dead and comfort grieving families. 'Homicide is becoming my normal': Burying the dead in a most violent year in Baltimore 2015-11-21T05:00:00Z “His demeanor riding into the winner’s enclosure tends to be strongly reminiscent of an undertaker with toothache,” a columnist for The Sporting Life wrote in 1996. Pat Eddery, 63, Prolific and Steely Jockey 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z The undertaker collected Mr Bradbourn's body, but four days later returned it to Good Hope, when his family requested to change his burial to a cremation. Philip Bradbourn MEP funeral: Failed checks body mix up - BBC News 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z In 1969 he created a pilot episode of In Loving Memory, a comedy set in a Northern undertakers. Been and Gone: Gail Zappa and the Curry King - BBC News 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z Although undertakers are still often portrayed as black-suited men in possession of dour scientific expertise, the funeral director has emerged as a member of the caring professions. The Rise of the Artisanal Funeral 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z It originally referred to the segregated communities made up of labourers working in occupations that were considered impure or tainted by death, such as executioners, butchers and undertakers. Japan's hidden caste of untouchables - BBC News 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z After 15 minutes, the dock opened up and the undertaker angled the hearse in. The Lonely Death of George Bell 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z The company provides the mattresses to undertakers in the Netherlands and is in negotiations to ship them to partners in England. Biodegradable coffin mattresses offer comfort, dignity six feet under 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z The physician, the police, the undertaker, news reporters, and gawkers were all there, just as they were in 1892. Dramatization marks anniversary of unsolved murders 2015-08-16T04:00:00Z For Jenny Tay and Darren Cheng, both undertakers, death played a "central and important part" in the photo shoot, taken for their upcoming wedding in October. 'Why I staged my wedding photos in a coffin' - BBC News 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z Prison staff turned him over to an undertaker, E. L. Troyer, who had offered to embalm Neigenfind and furnish a casket if he got possession of the body. Man’s hanging in 1903 was Nebraska’s first state execution 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z At the morgue, an attendant withdrew the body from the drawer, and both medical examiner and undertaker checked the identity tag. The Lonely Death of George Bell 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z Andrew Main admitted setting fires that caused major damage at South Oxfordshire District Council's office, an undertakers and a thatched cottage. Andrew Main detained for Oxfordshire arson attacks - BBC News 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z It’s a ghastly state of affairs,” the undertaker told the crowd. Dramatization marks anniversary of unsolved murders 2015-08-16T04:00:00Z "A large part of the shoot was definitely inspired by our jobs," said Ms Tay, who is also the daughter of one of Singapore's most famous undertakers. 'Why I staged my wedding photos in a coffin' - BBC News 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z Researchers have identified honeybee undertakers that specialize in removing corpses from the hive, and they have located dedicated underground toilet chambers to which African mole rats reliably repair to perform their elaborate ablutions. Nature’s Waste Management Crews 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z Most cases arrive from nursing homes, others from the medical examiner, legal guardians, the police, undertakers. The Lonely Death of George Bell 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z Still to come were the calls to 911 and the coroner and the undertaker, and the writing up of the death notice, highlighting the reasons for Sandy’s decision. The Last Day of Her Life 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z "I said to them all year defeat is not your undertaker and should be your teacher ... you’re going to see the Washington Capitals back here again." Ovechkin falls short again; fails to deliver on guarantee 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z South Oxfordshire District Council's office, an undertakers and a thatched cottage were set alight on 15 January. Andrew Main admits Oxfordshire arson attacks - BBC News 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z The social insects solved the problem by establishing a tiny corps of undertakers: bees in late middle age and of a particular genotype that has yet to be decoded. Nature’s Waste Management Crews 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z The undertaker was a Christian, and believed that George Bell was already in another place, a better place, but still. The Lonely Death of George Bell 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z Where the rough dirt road from the lowlands enters La Rinconada, a rudimentary health clinic—one of the government’s very few local outposts—sits between a graveyard and a row of undertakers. A Fortune at the Top of the World 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z From his perch in the Garden’s lower bowl, he was beginning to look a bit like an undertaker. Good Basketball Elsewhere Holds Lessons for Knicks 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z Scott Janssen, an Anchorage undertaker known as the Mushing Mortician, left last year’s Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in inglorious fashion: He was lifted off the trail by a rescue helicopter. Iditarod mushers use mishaps as learning experiences 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z Scott Janssen, an Anchorage undertaker known as the Mushing Mortician, left last year's Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in inglorious fashion: He was lifted off the trail by a rescue helicopter. Iditarod mushers use mishaps as learning experiences 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z There being none, the undertaker folded it up to use again. The Lonely Death of George Bell 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z Should undertakers receive precedence in being immunized over some other professions? John D. Arras, Medical Care Philosopher, Is Dead at 69 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z “We are not bankrupt. We are not in need of a financial turnaround specialist. When you call in someone like that, it’s like calling in the undertaker.” Major rift in Metro’s board disrupted search for new chief executive 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z In total, 27 crews tackled three blazes at the offices, an undertakers and a thatched cottage, that all started shortly after 03:00 GMT. Fire-hit council 'years from return' 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z These were not highly trained medics or undertakers used to seeing dead bodies. Ebola: A day with the burial team 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z When a second officer arrived at 07:45 he said the police would not be arranging for an undertaker, and the body should be taken to the mortuary "as soon as possible". Body left by bins 'at end of shift' 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z More than 20 occupations used to be off limits, Mr. Goodman said, including lawyers, doctors, podiatrists, chiropractors, undertakers and embalmers. After Millions of Jury Summonses, and as Many Excuses, the Clerk Is Leaving the Courthouse 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z He yelled at the town’s new mayor to prosecute several undertakers overcharging for funerals. Ukrainians in the Battered East Scramble in Darkness as Winter Nears 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z Several of the pubs featured in the film double as general stores; one proprietor moonlights as the town undertaker. ‘The Irish Pub’ movie review But instead of gratitude, the men tasked with handling the dead — acting as collectors, coroners and undertakers for the victims of Ebola — face fear and revulsion. Meet the Most Feared People in Liberia 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z They were the type that come along very rarely and they happened to coincide with a time when we were the only undertaker in a town with the plague. Charlie Munger And The 2014 Daily Journal Annual Meeting - Part Two 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z This 1963 book is an expose of sharp practices in the funeral industry - "I have nothing against undertakers personally. It's just that I wouldn't want one to bury my sister." The six sisters that captured the maelstrom 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z “My joke is that I want to bounce the check to the undertaker.” Michael Bloomberg’s Harder Sell 2014-08-23T04:00:00Z I just wanted to get out there and earn some money and the only jobs going were as a tyre-fitter at a car dealership and as an undertaker’s mate. From Amazon's Jeff Bezos To Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg: What Really Motivates Entrepreneurial CEOs? 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z Taking their jackets off and donning rubber aprons, they will take Russell down and carry out their little-known task as undertakers. Britain’s last hangman 2014-08-02T04:00:00Z “I remember when I was growing up, even the police was scared of the undertaker,” said Fitch. Dayspring-Fitch & Sons Funeral Home Changes With Its Community 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z “I was surrounded by 434 undertakers,” he told The Southern Illinoisan, referring to his colleagues in Congress. Kenneth J. Gray, Illinois Congressman Known as ‘Prince of Pork,’ Dies at 89 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z “I was surrounded by 434 undertakers,” he told the Southern Illinoisan, explaining his colorful attire. Kenneth J. Gray, former Illinois congressman, dies at 89 While proud of the young men's courage, the undertaker also seemed appalled that so many were so ill-equipped. In Iraq, death toll rises among Shiite recruits battling insurgency 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z McIlvenny was the only fully-professional player in a US team including a dishwasher, a postman, a truck driver, a schoolteacher, an undertaker and a can factory machinist. The Scot who stunned England at the World Cup 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z “Even the police was scared of the undertaker” Dayspring-Fitch & Sons Funeral Home Changes With Its Community 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z There's a restaurant next door and an undertakers too. Meet the daddy - the world's most sought-after stallion 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z An undertaker caused hundreds of pounds of damage to a neighbour's car when a bag of flour he threw over it set "like cement". Undertaker's flour attack on car 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z The world of literary travel writing, usually associated with the drumbeat of hooves across some distant steppe, has recently begun echoing instead with the slow tread of the undertaker's muffled footfall. Remembering Peter and Paddy 2014-04-18T16:20:11Z Soon after she died, two doctors, the undertakers and what the Miami County Sentinel called "a few curious spectators" gathered at Dr Taylor's home to segment Mrs Verge. Victorian strangeness: Grave tale of daughterly love 2014-03-29T03:03:15Z Scott Janssen, 52, an Anchorage, Alaska, undertaker known as the Mushing Mortician, was back home recuperating Wednesday. Brandon Browner must sit out first 4 games of season 2014-03-06T04:05:49Z And Jusuf, the undertaker, believes his work of preparing and washing the bodies of young people from Pumwani will not change any time soon. Disputes rage over Nairobi police killings 2014-01-13T02:17:17Z Doug Mannheimer says things like, “I had an undertaker friend in the rotary club,” and “The coffin looks like it’s built to handle a parakeet.” Major Florida State Wins Live On in Sod Cemetery 2014-01-02T02:42:47Z The nation's undertakers also did well, with earnings rising by 20%. Earnings rise slower than inflation 2013-12-12T12:34:01Z People will always have toilets so you'll always be in employment… Well by the same token you might as well be an undertaker! Sir Roger Moore: One Lucky Fellow 2013-10-26T01:32:09Z When the undertakers went to collect the body they found it naked and dishevelled and on the same slab as the corpses of two naked men. Dickens and the 'dead-house' mystery 2013-09-29T00:49:41Z Mort, the aptly named undertaker, watched us volley back and forth about how to bury my father the day before the funeral. My Story: Deciding on Immortal Indulgences for Mom 2013-08-20T10:00:01Z The undertaker of Haradh is used to operating without government support. Inside Yemen's 'torture camps' 2013-07-18T21:01:57Z The only winners, perhaps, big tobacco, big alcohol and big undertakers. Big tobacco has got its way … now let's find what big alcohol is up to 2013-07-15T11:27:51Z He established a network of undertakers, whom he paid up to $1,000 per corpse, and soon took on assistants and formed a business based in New Jersey, Biomedical Tissue Services. Michael Mastromarino, Dentist Guilty in Organ Scheme, Dies at 49 2013-07-09T01:19:19Z An undertaker took the body to Raigmore Hospital where, during routine checks, staff became concerned that the man was showing "potential signs of life". Body taken to mortuary 'was alive' 2013-06-11T08:14:56Z A memorial service is to be held for a Herefordshire woman who was murdered by her undertaker husband. Memorial for missing murder victim 2013-06-05T07:51:45Z There's a queue outside that undertaker's – bad sign. Our green and pleasant Poundland? It will be if Mr Pickles calls the tune 2013-05-11T23:06:03Z They had been donated by a black funeral home, one of those businesses that thrived under Jim Crow, since white undertakers wouldn’t bury the black community’s dead. Scalia’s ugly racial cynicism 2013-02-28T18:24:00Z The Guardian's art critic, Adrian Searle, wrote: "The portrait is as soundless and smooth as an undertaker's makeover." 'Banned' Queen portrait on display 2013-01-18T11:57:48Z "There's nothing left on offer," says Emile Martin, 48, who works for an undertakers. The day Comet plunged to earth 2012-12-18T18:47:34Z Local football is given a much-needed boost, while a little more custom is drummed up for the undertaker, and for the madam. The football team sponsored by a brothel 2012-12-17T01:23:25Z Learning that one hostage was an undertaker, he ordered her to cut off the owner’s head, which he put in a box and took with him. Roger Wood, New York Post Editor, Dies at 87 2012-11-06T01:33:23Z The operation to take away the granite and steel headstone would be carried out "methodically and professionally", said the undertaker who dealt with Sir Jimmy's funeral last year. Savile's headstone to be removed 2012-10-10T03:07:21Z Robert only took possession of the hearse this week and is available for booking through local undertakers. Motorbike hearse offers 'last mile in style' 2012-10-09T16:42:59Z At first it was thought Col Workman had died from natural causes but, later that morning when undertakers moved his body, it was discovered he had been shot. Colonel 'shot dead at front door' 2012-10-03T18:27:09Z Bone might be removed from the pelvis and leg, he said, but undertakers could insert prosthetics to make the body look natural for a viewing at the funeral. Offering Support to One Family, and Hope to Others 2012-09-20T17:10:03Z The daughter of a family of undertakers and musicians, she watched members of Congress, met President Calvin Coolidge, and developed a lifelong respect for the US democratic experiment. VIDEO: Growing up with democracy on old Capitol Hill 2012-09-13T02:13:50Z He delivers the lines like a drowsy undertaker, and at some point even the cliches get confusing. What You Missed While Not Watching the Second Night of the GOP Convention 2012-08-30T06:35:24Z Speakers cited an undertaker in Lesotho who said he was going out of business because of poor coffin sales, as so many people with H.I.V. are staying alive. A World Without AIDS Still Seems Worlds Away 2012-07-30T20:51:25Z "This was the missing man, who was found to be dead and the body was taken back to Oban and handed over to police and undertakers." Missing man found dead in kayak 2012-05-27T09:46:52Z But he had squirrel’s eyes, and was not really like an undertaker. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z Before two hours were over she slept a still sounder sleep, which required the undertaker to provide against its permanence. The Smuggler: (Vol's I-III) A Tale 2012-04-26T02:00:10.260Z When eighteen of these jackets are placed around a table, the chance civilian feels and looks like an undertaker. The Rulers of the Mediterranean 2012-04-25T02:00:58.380Z I thought so," says he, quite loving; "your teeth's as white as nuts with the brown skin off, and as regular as a row of tombstones in an undertaker's window. Mariquita A Novel 2012-04-24T02:00:19.737Z It is something to have lived three weeks without a sight of the sheriff, the doctor or the undertaker. A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z He donned the Can’t-tell-a-lie cap which Mrs. Cornwallis had made the crowning glory, by adding to it Lauren’s beautiful curls, which had been clipped from his head by the thoughtful undertaker. The Independence Day Horror at Killsbury 2012-04-20T02:00:07.610Z "We may need the services of the undertaker." The Young Sharpshooter at Antietam 2012-04-19T02:00:29.860Z Mr. Gifning telephoned to the dead man's brother-in-law, then for the police and the undertaker. Mrs. Balfame A Novel 2012-04-15T02:00:04.827Z Mourners at his wake retreated later to the town’s 19th-century pub, Leonard’s, where the owner serves pints, stocks groceries and doubles as the parish undertaker. A Village Embraces Its Haunted Legacy 2012-04-06T23:49:30Z It is said that when he lay on his death-bed some eager canal undertakers urged to see him and seek from him the solution of a problem. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z I had obtained an agreement of the undertakers for two millions; but before it was completed, this loan appeared, which frightened the undertakers, so as to induce them to fly off. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution (Volume VI) 2012-04-03T02:00:34.180Z All that was known of him or could be learned was that a tall man, who looked like an undertaker, had stopped him near the polling-booth and had kept him in talk for some minutes. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z The local police had an uneasy suspicion that the assassin was one of their "pals"—in that small and democratic community, where every man was an Elk from the banker to the undertaker. Mrs. Balfame A Novel 2012-04-15T02:00:04.827Z The demand for hearses was so great that the undertakers were compelled to make up schedules in which the different hours of the day were allotted to the grief-stricken. Chicago's Awful Theater Horror 2012-03-28T02:00:25.877Z Towns which had failed to get a road looked upon him in the way a sick man would an undertaker. The Conquest The Story of a Negro Pioneer 2012-03-26T02:00:32.910Z The undertakers are already loaded with burthens greater than they can bear, and all the brokers in the Republic are so engaged, that there is scarcely a ducat to be lent, but what is promised. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution (Volume VI) 2012-04-03T02:00:34.180Z A balk to the confidence of the bold undertaker. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z During a cross-examination an undertaker produced his business card, on which was a telegraphic address. Ever Heard This? Over Three Hundred Good Stories 2012-03-21T02:00:33.730Z Viva Jackson, missing all Wednesday night, was found in the morning at an undertaker's rooms. Chicago's Awful Theater Horror 2012-03-28T02:00:25.877Z As for golf—that is a prelude to senility, or the antechamber to an undertaker's establishment. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z "Bug the luck!" groaned the undertaker, as the full meaning of this clause also dawned upon him. Travelers Five Along Life's Highway 2012-03-11T03:00:12.927Z First, there was a wagon, with the undertaker and his three assistants. Horace Chase 2012-03-08T03:00:09.693Z Mourt calls Alderton and English "two of our seamen," in distinction from the ship's company proper, they having been sent over by the undertakers, in the service of the plantation. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z The pall-bearers alighted from the carriages which followed, and took up their positions on the sidewalk, while the undertaker's assistants were lifting out the coffin. Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color 2012-02-20T03:00:20.550Z Naught succeeds like negation, and we swear that in the house of the undertaker it is impolite to speak of shrouds. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z She was afraid of undertakers or anything connected with their gruesome business. Travelers Five Along Life's Highway 2012-03-11T03:00:12.927Z The men were waiting at the gate, the carriages and the hearse were drawn up at a little distance; the undertaker and his assistants were standing in the garden. Horace Chase 2012-03-08T03:00:09.693Z In 1626 the planters bought themselves free of the undertakers, who oppressed them with ruinous charges for every thing furnished the colony. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z The store between the pawnbroker's and the barroom was an undertaker's; and Malone, walking slowly past, saw in the window a little coffin, lined with white satin. Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color 2012-02-20T03:00:20.550Z For if he waited till the doctor got down stairs, the doctor would be beforehand and bespeak his undertaker, and then he would get the black thirds. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z The line-up includes veterinarians, dentists, doctors, undertakers, real estate men, etc. The Redskins moved to Washington 75 years ago this week 2012-02-14T12:33:03Z Whereupon the verbose undertaker began to thank him. Horace Chase 2012-03-08T03:00:09.693Z What he had said about sending for an extra undertaker was right as right. The Wreckers 2012-02-14T03:00:26.817Z The population may be said to be a population of undertakers. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z Halt!" and to the undertaker, "Take out that coffin, unscrew that lid. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 2 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:51.557Z The street as a playground is a heavy contributor to the undertaker's bank account. A Ten Year War An Account of The Battle with The Slum in New York 2012-02-11T03:03:42.997Z Had a man raised his hand against Lad—a man other than the Master or a guest—there would right speedily have been a case for a hospital, if not for the undertaker. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z After 11 o'clock to-night I may be the world's—you know—and I may be the undertaker's. The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z Death in the character of an undertaker, his hearse behind, invites an old man to follow him. The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein 2012-02-02T03:04:33.900Z There were no cloaks, no weepers, no bands, no scarfs, no feathers, none of the dismal frippery of the undertaker. Rambles in Dickens' Land 2012-01-25T03:00:36.463Z The crowd is hardly restrained by the policeman and the undertaker in holiday mourning, who clear a path by force to the plumed hearse. A Ten Year War An Account of The Battle with The Slum in New York 2012-02-11T03:03:42.997Z The undertaker's profit is precisely the part of the great politico-economical tree from which further growth chiefly takes place. Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II 2012-01-25T03:00:34.150Z This being done, the undertaker proceeded to fasten on the lid with the exception of the head-piece, which was separate from the other. Gleanings by the Way 2012-01-24T03:00:27.717Z |
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