funeral home
noun
: an establishment with facilities for the preparation of the dead for burial or cremation, for the viewing of the body, and for funerals
called also funeral parlor
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Deputies reached out to the GBI on Oct. 26 after finding the bodies while serving an eviction notice at the funeral home, investigators said.
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Natalie Demaree, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2025
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. on Jan. 23, starting with prayers at the funeral home and followed at 11 a.m. by a Mass of Christian Burial at St. Jude Catholic Church, 241 W. Second Ave., New Lenox.
—Samantha Moilanen, Chicago Tribune, 19 Jan. 2025
Sasaki stops at the funeral home to see his late father’s colleagues.
—Stephen J. Nesbitt, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
Danielson, Beehler and Shawn Wells first sued American Medical Response, Clark County and All County Cremation and Burial, the Vancouver funeral home where David Wells’ body was taken to.
—Julia Marnin, Sacramento Bee, 10 Jan. 2025
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Natalie Demaree, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2025
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. on Jan. 23, starting with prayers at the funeral home and followed at 11 a.m. by a Mass of Christian Burial at St. Jude Catholic Church, 241 W. Second Ave., New Lenox.
—Samantha Moilanen, Chicago Tribune, 19 Jan. 2025
Sasaki stops at the funeral home to see his late father’s colleagues.
—Stephen J. Nesbitt, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
Danielson, Beehler and Shawn Wells first sued American Medical Response, Clark County and All County Cremation and Burial, the Vancouver funeral home where David Wells’ body was taken to.
—Julia Marnin, Sacramento Bee, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Funeral home.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/funeral%20home. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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