funeral home

Definition of funeral home

: 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

Examples of funeral home in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web That reality angered Kanda Fletcher when a funeral home director relayed that full-honor burials at Arlington were restricted to officers and those killed in action. — Angie Jackson, Detroit Free Press, "How a daughter's fight won full-honor burials for POWs, Medal of Honor recipients," 7 Jan. 2020 On Monday, standing in front of a packed crowd in a Jeffersontown funeral home chapel, Mitchum recounted her grandmother's hope. — Matthew Glowicki, The Courier-Journal, "'Welcome home, Uncle Jack': 76 years later, a missing WWII Marine is buried in Louisville," 16 Dec. 2019 Friends may call at the funeral home from 10AM until the time of the service. — courant.com, "Frank W. Squier," 11 Dec. 2019 Women and death care Many people stereotypically think of morticians as older men who have been running the family funeral home business for decades. — Rosie Colosi, NBC News, "This millennial mortician is closing the casket on the traditional funeral industry," 16 Oct. 2019 The second case will consider the case of a funeral home director, who was fired after coming out as transgender. — Tara Law, Time, "9 Landmark Supreme Court Cases That Shaped LGBTQ Rights in America," 8 Oct. 2019 The family will receive friends for visitation at the funeral home on Wednesday, October 2, 2019 from 2:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. and from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. — orlandosentinel.com, "Deaths in Central Florida: 9/30," 30 Sep. 2019 Friends will be received at the funeral home from 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM. — sun-sentinel.com, "Deaths in South Florida: 9/6," 6 Sep. 2019 Visitation will be held at the funeral home from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Monday. — Yvonne Wenger, baltimoresun.com, "Virginia Catherine Ruth, a corporal in the Women’s Army Corps, dies," 4 Aug. 2019

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“Funeral home.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/funeral%20home. Accessed 22 January 2020.

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