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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