funeral home
noun
: an establishment with facilities for the preparation of the dead for burial or cremation, for the viewing of the body, and for funerals
called also funeral parlor
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Bremen High School District 228 is moving forward with plans to turn a funeral home into its new administrative center.
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Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2025
Washington, now 35, ran and hid in a dumpster behind a funeral home in St. Paul’s North End.
—Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 13 May 2025
Patients access the complex — created by merging a former law office, funeral home, car dealership and Dunkin’ Donuts — by driving around back where a porte cochere leads into a soaring atrium.
—T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 12 Apr. 2025
In a video circulating online, the suspect describes himself as a married father of five from Green Isle who works for two funeral homes.
—Dennis Romero, NBC news, 16 June 2025
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Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2025
Washington, now 35, ran and hid in a dumpster behind a funeral home in St. Paul’s North End.
—Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 13 May 2025
Patients access the complex — created by merging a former law office, funeral home, car dealership and Dunkin’ Donuts — by driving around back where a porte cochere leads into a soaring atrium.
—T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 12 Apr. 2025
In a video circulating online, the suspect describes himself as a married father of five from Green Isle who works for two funeral homes.
—Dennis Romero, NBC news, 16 June 2025
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“Funeral home.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/funeral%20home. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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