Female Funeral Directors Becoming More Prominent
Madison Sullivan is a female funeral director at Phaneuf Funeral Homes and Crematorium. She is one of eight female funeral directors...
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Funeral Divas, Inc.
- Jul 9, 2021
Sandra Pankhurst, The Trauma Cleaner & Funeral Director, passes away
Sandra Pankhurst, the subject of Sarah Krasnostein’s book The Trauma Cleaner, has died in Melbourne. Aged in her late 60s, Sandra...
Funeral Divas, Inc.
- May 26, 2021
Mortuary Science alumna Hailee Trombley ’18 weathers the storm
It may seem counterintuitive, but health care does not stop at the moment of death. In fact, funeral service professionals are just as...
Funeral Divas, Inc.
- Apr 10, 2021
Homemaker to undertaker: Canada’s first female mortician
Violet Guymer, licensed funeral director in The Pas, Man. Digital Museum Canada “I had become accustomed to having corpses in the morgue...
Funeral Divas, Inc.
- Apr 5, 2021
Providing Solace: Local Women Play Role in Conducting Funeral Service Care
When facing a tragedy such as the loss of a loved one, the support and guidance provided by those coordinating the funeral services can...
Funeral Divas, Inc.
- Mar 19, 2021
Celebrating female funeral directors in Greenock – Helen McNeil
Once a rarity in what was previously a traditionally male-dominated profession, there are now many female Funeral Directors, Arrangers...
Funeral Divas, Inc.
- Mar 17, 2021
Chatting with Victoria Millross at Philip Ford and Son
TODAY is International Women's Day - a day that is celebrated around the world each year as a focal point in the movement for women's...
Funeral Divas, Inc.
- Mar 15, 2021
Female funeral home staff are challenging stereotypes
A TEAM of female funeral home staff are challenging stereotypes whilst delivering care to bereaved families across Inverclyde. Co-op...
Funeral Divas, Inc.
- Mar 14, 2021
Driving the dead home . . . two Zim women share their stories
When it comes to transporting the dead, especially from South Africa to Zimbabwe, most people think of a male driven car. Ferrying loved...
Funeral Divas, Inc.
- Mar 6, 2021
From last orders to last rites - ex landlady finds funeral 'vocation'
As we approach International Women's Day on March 8, one female funeral director from Accrington speaks of the challenges she has faced...
Funeral Divas, Inc.
- Mar 6, 2021
'Gender is no barrier' as female funeral professional marks International Women's Day
To mark International Women’s Day on March 8, the dedication of thousands of female funeral professionals in the UK who are caring for...
Funeral Divas, Inc.
- Feb 20, 2021
For two Sheridan women, funeral service a calling
SHERIDAN — Not everyone has the disposition to care for grieving families in their time of need. To do it, and do it well, you must see...
Funeral Divas, Inc.
- Jan 8, 2021
County’s first female Coroner sworn in - SC
(Judge Clifton Newman presided over a swearing-in ceremony for Williamsburg County Coroner Ivori Henryhand as family and friends looked...
Funeral Divas, Inc.
- Dec 29, 2020
Careers in Death Care: A Day in the Life of a FUNERAL CELEBRANT
The death care profession is more than just dealing with dead bodies, and we want to educate you about all the different career options...
Funeral Divas, Inc.
- Dec 16, 2020
Find out how Hasina Zaman started Compassionate Funerals in London
Hasina Zaman is the co-founder and CEO of Compassionate Funerals, which provides a full funeral service for diverse communities. The...
Funeral Divas, Inc.
- Dec 1, 2020
Miss Congeniality to Morticia Addams: The Story of a Beauty Queen Turned Mortician
Bethani Jacobsen, 26, was a beauty queen—and a good one, at that. Nowadays, she wakes up in the morning, saunters to the kitchen for a...
Funeral Divas, Inc.
- Nov 25, 2020
Female funeral director breaks down barriers
Photo: Casey Martin Perhaps the death industry is not the most common career path for a woman, or anyone really, but that didn’t stop...
Funeral Divas, Inc.
- Nov 19, 2020
More females are becoming morticians in South Korea as taboo fades
SEOUL – A growing number of South Korean women are training to be morticians, a field from which they had long been excluded, amid...
Funeral Divas, Inc.
- Nov 12, 2020
Jersey Shore's first Female Mayor is a Funeral Director
JERSEY SHORE– The Jersey Shore Borough council unanimously appointed Abbey Welker to fill the mayor vacancy, making her the first female...
Funeral Divas, Inc.
- Oct 31, 2020
The Henrietta Duterte Scholarship!
Support students studying mortuary science through the Henrietta Duterte Scholarship! Born in Philadelphia, PA in 1858 Henrietta became...
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