A funeral director (FD, LFD, CFSP, FD&E, Mortuary College graduate), also known as a mortician or undertaker, is a professional involved in the business of funeral rites. These tasks often entail the embalming and burial or cremation of the dead, as well as the planning and arrangement of the actual funeral ceremony. FDs may at times be asked to perform tasks such as dressing (in garments usually suitable for daily wear), casketing (placing the human body in the container), and cosmetizing (applying any sort of cosmetic or substance to the viewable areas of the person for the purpose of enhancing appearances).

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• 1 The role of a funeral director
• 2 Organizations and licensing
• 3 Employment opportunities
• 4 External links
• 5 References

The role of a funeral director

Most modern day funeral homes are run as family businesses. The majority of morticians work in these small, independent family run funeral homes. The owner usually hires two or three other morticians to help him. Often, this hired help is in the family, perpetuating the family's ownership. Most funeral homes have one or more viewing rooms, a preparation room for embalming, a chapel, and a casket selection room. They usually have a hearse for transportation of bodies, a flower car, and limousines. They also normally have choices of caskets and urns for families to purchase or rent.

Noun

undertaking (plural undertakings)

1. Specifically, the business of an undertaker, or the management of funerals.
2. A promise or pledge; a guarantee.
3. That which is undertaken; any business, work, or project which a person engages in, or attempts to perform; an enterprise.
4. The act of one who undertakes, or engages in, any project or business.

Verb

undertaking

1. Present participle of undertake.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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• Anatomic Gift Foundation, Inc.
  anatomicgift.com
  Non-Profit organization offering no-cost body donation for medical science and transplantation with cost-free cremation options. Alternative to traditional funeral arrangements.
• Funeral Homes Directory.com
  funeralhomesdirectory.com
  Paid directory for funeral related businesses.
• Funeral Packages
  funeral-packages.com
  Provides information and assistance with preparing a funeral package, estimated costs, and referrals to funeral directors.