December 2000
The Director - Features
Look Around!
Bettering the profession may be as simple as getting back to the basics
As a funeral director, how do you feel when you hear that a ship-in is due? Do you spend a good percentage of your time doing things over again, from redressing and recosmetizing the deceased to redoing their hair?
In Look Around, James L. McDaniel, a licensed funeral director and embalmer in Fortuna, California, encourages funeral service professionals to take their work seriously and provide families with exemplary service. He describes embalming as an art and explains that embalmers can make their cases look better just by spending an extra 10 or 15 minutes on perfecting their work. He also discusses the importance of feature setting, which can be difficult and requires a lot of practice and patience.
