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Embalming isn’t necessary



Running a funeral home without a refrigerated holding room is like running a restaurant without a walk-in cooler. But many funeral homes don’t offer one because they want you to pay for the more costly option: embalming. Most bodies can be presented very nicely without it if you have the viewing within a few days of death. Funeral homes aren’t the only ones with secrets; find out the secrets hospitals aren’t telling you, too.

