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funeral parlor



NOUN
morgue
Synonyms
NOUN
mortuary
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The day before the ceremony, Vikram Surya Chiruvolu navigated the costs and logistics many families could not: a trip to a funeral parlor to pick up a loved one’s remains.

From Washington Post • Oct. 9, 2022

In the incident Sunday, two funeral parlor workers in full protective suits carried a yellow body bag out of a hearse.

From Washington Times • May 2, 2022

On Wednesday, his wife, children, siblings and friends prepared to see him off inside a small funeral parlor.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 16, 2022

“We had to bury them immediately because the funeral parlor could not get to the bodega because of the debris that was still on the roads.”

From New York Times • Dec. 27, 2021

When May died, Ob and me had to talk business with the funeral parlor, religion with the preacher, and make small talk with dozens of relatives and people we’d hardly ever seen before.

From "Missing May" by Cynthia Rylant




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