FUNERAL DIRECTOR Synonyms: 3 Similar Words

funeral director

noun

as in undertaker

a person who manages funerals and prepares the dead for burial or cremation the funeral director instructed the pallbearers on how to proceed

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Recent Examples of funeral director Working as a funeral director in a small town In 2014, Sweeney accepted a job as funeral director at the DuBore Funeral Home in Warren, Minnesota, a small 1,600-person town 70 miles south of the Canadian border. —

Mike Winters,gene Kim, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2024 The average pay for a funeral director is about $100,000, according to the Economic Research Institute. —

Mike Winters,gene Kim, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2024 At Least 189 Decaying Bodies Recovered from Colorado Funeral Home, Say Police On Feb. 18, 2023, the day of the viewing, Jenkins’ family asked the funeral director to open the casket to see his body and feet. —

David Chiu, People.com, 22 Oct. 2024 The family realized that something was amiss when funeral director Haemin Gina Chong tried to hurry mourners away. —

Christina Coulter, Fox News, 29 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for funeral director

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