A Detroit funeral home was forced to close Wednesday after inspectors found decomposed bodies covered in what appeared to be mold. Michigan’s Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) ...

PETOSKEY, Mich. (WWJ/AP) - The state has shut down a northern Michigan funeral home after an inspection found unsanitary conditions in an embalming room, human cremains stored alongside those of ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Some Michigan funeral homes made adjustments to reduce the spread of coronavirus disease 2019, or COVID-19. Michigan Funeral Directors Association Executive Director Phil Douma ...

When a loved one dies, we deserve to know that their remains will be treated with the utmost respect. As we grapple with grief and trauma, the last thing we should worry about is that a parent, ...

More than 260 people die in Michigan on an average day. As recently as a decade ago, most of their bodies were sealed in caskets and buried in the ground. Today, the majority of them — 59 percent as ...

George Rainey turned to Swansons Funeral Home in Flint when his 101-year-old father died in October — a move he now regrets. The 77-year-old Lansing man said he paid to have his dad cremated, then got ...

PETOSKEY, MI - A Northern Michigan funeral home has been shut down after state officials discovered a wide variety of violations amid "deplorable, unsanitary conditions." Violations at Charles G.