Funeral director
Funeral Director
A Funeral Director (pronounced: fyoo-nuh-ruhl dih-rek-ter), 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.
Etymology
The term "Funeral Director" is derived from the Latin word "funus", which had a variety of meanings, including "funeral", "death" and "corpse", and the Latin word "directus", which means "straight" or "direct". The term was first used in the 19th century to refer to a person who is in charge of the arrangement of a funeral.
Roles and Responsibilities
A Funeral Director is responsible for providing support to the deceased's family, conducting the preparation and preservation of the body, arranging for the funeral or memorial service, and handling paperwork and legal documents. They also often provide services such as grief counseling for the bereaved.
Related Terms
- Embalming: The process of preserving a body to delay decomposition, often involving the replacement of bodily fluids with preservative chemicals.
- Cremation: The process of reducing a body to ashes and bone fragments through the application of intense heat.
- Burial: The act of placing a dead body into a grave in the earth, typically in a coffin.
- Mortuary Science: The study of deceased bodies through mortuary work. The term is most often applied to a college curriculum in the United States that prepares a student for a career as a funeral director or embalmer.
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Funeral director
- Wikipedia's article - Funeral director
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