as in undertakers
a person who manages funerals and prepares the dead for burial or cremation
the mortician will take care of all of the arrangements for the funeral
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undertakers
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The funeral was closed casket—an uncommon thing for Catholics back then—because my mother did not want people to see the work the undertakers had to do to stitch my father back together.—
Jon Michael Varese,
The Atlantic,
28 Sep. 2025
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“Morticians.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/morticians. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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