Funeral Directing, Embalming, & Restorative Art

My name is Cassandra. I'm a licensed funeral director, embalmer, and crematory operator in Wisconsin and Illinois. I graduated from Worsham College in September of 2016, as well as received my CANA certification. I illustrated the mortuary science textbook "Creating Natural Form: Restorative Art Theory and Application". I am also proud to be the first female to illustrate a mortuary textbook. This blog is to share stories and information about my job!

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Moved the foyer around and I like this look.

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We had a band come set up for a service we had recently!

I love when fun and different things happen at the funeral home!

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Our cremation numbers are increasing so, so did our board!

Creating and organizing things at the funeral home is one of my favorite things so, I was assigned to create our new board system.

I'm really happy with how it turned out.

How do you organize your crematory?

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When applying cosmetics, be sure to make the deceased look as natural as possible!

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Life when custom printing service merchandise 😂

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Let's talk about maternity leave in a male created/ dominated career field.

How long did you other mortician mommies get after you had your baby?

I left for my leave a week before I had baby. Was given six weeks total. 4 paid at 80% and the rest of my vacation for the last 2.

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Co-worker brought in the cutest cookies!

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Had a funeral for a gentleman who was a photographer. His family brought in tons of matted photos for visitors to take on the way out.

What cool, personal things have you set up from families?

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Mickey spray!

What interesting pieces have you seen!?

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For fun, me and my daughter submitted art to the frigid fluid label contest!

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Decided to

1) help myself

2) help the environment

And got this respirator with organic vapor filters. Surprisingly, it works with my glasses too!

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Does this look like Hansel and Gretel to you? 😂

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Got some quality labeled fluids today 🤦🏻‍♀️

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Blessed with two new fleet vehicles 🖤

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As a funeral director (and a smaller woman), we ask our answering service to ask the caller the weight of the deceased so we know if we need additional help.

This nurse said "skinny person"

😂

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When your friends travel and send you pictures they know you'll love!

This is a photo of the original Northwestern Casket Company building which operated from 1882 until they moved to their new facility in 2006.

Minneapolis, MN

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Remember,

Sometimes it's the little things.

Found a cherry wood stain maker and touched up all the dings and scratches on our bier.