A Funeral Director
From What It's Like To Be... with Dan Heath by Dan Heath
April 21, 2026 · 37 min · Season 1 · Episode 69
About this episode
Dan Heath interviews Heather Hill, a funeral director, about her experiences guiding families through the funeral process.
Guiding grieving families through arrangement meetings, orchestrating meaningful memorial services within days, and preparing bodies for viewing with Heather Hill, a funeral director in North Carolina. What's different about doing makeup on a dead person? And what is it like to field a death call? LINKS & REFERENCES Heather writes about her work on her website.She's a funeral director at Renaissance Funeral Home in Raleigh, North Carolina."The Future is Female" - American Funeral Dir...
People in this episode
Host: Dan Heath
Guest: Heather Hill
Topics covered
- funeral services
- grief support
- death care
- memorial services
- funeral directing
Keywords
- funeral director
- grieving families
- memorial services
- death call
- makeup on deceased
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Renaissance Funeral Home
Books & works: The Future is Female
Places: North Carolina
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