funeral director

Example Sentences

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He’d lost his job as a funeral director and was living out of a van, draining his savings, and now he found himself stranded in the desert.

From Slate • Feb. 2, 2026

In 2025, the couple—he, a 66-year-old retired funeral director and she, a 64-year-old retired nurse—sold their townhome for $350,000 and bought a house on a half-acre in Greenville for $320,000.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026

Over the past decade, she has been an embalmer, funeral director, hospice worker, and end-of-life therapist.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2025

There are currently no legal requirements about how and where bodies should be stored, and no qualifications are needed to set up as a funeral director.

From BBC • Nov. 12, 2025

He does not tell me he will call an ambulance or a funeral director, but instead asks me what I want for breakfast.

From "The Misfits" by James Howe