What happens to a body after it’s taken to a funeral home?
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- Опубліковано 31 лип 2024
- IDAHO FALLS - What happens to a body after someone dies and is taken to a funeral home?
It’s a question most of us don’t think about until a loved one passes away, but now many are asking it after 12 decomposed bodies and 50 fetuses were found inside Downard Funeral Home in Pocatello last week.
Brian Wood is the owner of Wood Funeral Home, a family-run business that’s been in Idaho Falls since 1911. He was shocked to learn about Downard as there are laws mandating how funeral homes should operate.
“The state of Idaho requires a human body, within 24 hours that a funeral home has them under their care, to either be refrigerated or embalmed,” Wood tells EastIdahoNews.com. Between their different buildings, Wood Funeral Home’s refrigeration units can hold up to 60 bodies.
When someone dies, family members notify the funeral home if they intend to have their loved one buried or cremated. The deceased person is picked up and taken to the funeral home, where it is refrigerated or embalmed - a chemical process to treat the body so it will be preserved for viewing.
If there are no plans for public viewing, the body remains in refrigeration until the county coroner reviews the death certificate and gives authorization for cremation or burial. Sometimes funeral homes receive bodies after they have been dead for some time.
“We have had some calls where the person has passed away and they’ve been gone for several days before anyone knows or is notified,” Wood says. “It takes about a week to get cremated, so we will get special permission from our coroner to speed up the cremation process (on decomposing bodies).”
As the popularity of cremation has increased, Wood Funeral Home opened Eagle Rock Crematory East in Ammon two years ago. It’s used every day, and bodies are tracked from the moment they arrive until ashes are handed off to family members.
“All information is put in a computer, and a small metal disc tag accompanies the body from beginning to end,” Crematory Operations Manager Nicole Keller says. “We’re tracking it the whole time so people can feel more comfortable that we are properly taking care of their loved ones.”
When a person is ready to be cremated, the body is placed in a container and loaded onto a lift. The lift is raised up a metal door on the side of the retort, the chamber where the actual cremation takes place. The body is loaded into the retort, and the metal door closes.
In Eagle Rock Crematory East, family members can watch the entire process through a window. If they want, they can push a button that closes the retort door and begins the cremation.
“The temperature can vary once the cremation has started from 1,500 degrees up to 2,000 degrees,” Keller says. “A cremation can take anywhere from 2.5 to 3.5 hours depending on the size of the person. We have a computer that monitors every aspect of the cremation.”
Once the cremation is finished, workers use two large scraping and rake tools to remove the remains from the retort. The remains are transferred to a processing room, where any metal body parts ( are removed. Once finished in the processing room, the ashes are placed in an urn and given to the deceased’s loved ones.
It’s unclear if all of the decomposing bodies in Downard Funeral Home were meant to be cremated, but at least one was. Charlotte Mygrant died Aug. 17 and her sister, Eva Bode, tells EastIdahoNews.com she had arranged cremation with Lance Peck, Downard’s owner. It never happened.
Idaho State University announced Thursday the 50 fetuses found at Downard were part of a decades-old biology collection turned over to the funeral home in 2017.
“A lot of people don’t realize how often people are losing a child - usually through stillbirth,” Wood says. “We’re at EIRMC or Mountain View a few times a month helping families. We handle (those deaths) basically the same way. The baby is transferred to the funeral home and then goes into refrigeration with the rest of the deceased.”
Many funeral homes, including Wood, offer complimentary cremation or burial services for stillborn babies. Sometimes the family chooses to donate the remains to science or research institutions.
Wood says the situation with Downard Funeral Home raises many questions, but it is a reminder of how vital it is for funeral homes to be open and honest with their customers.
“I think it’s very important, for the sake of trust and transparency, to always allow them to be involved as they want to be,” he explains. - Домашні улюбленці та дикі тварини
I really like how this gentleman says things like 'for the families we serve'. You can't work in this business without having that kind, caring & human touch. He is very open about everything he says.
I love that this funeral home allows involvement with their families! Being transparent can’t get better than this. 🙏🏼💕🙏🏼
Brian and his family took such good care of my mom. They were so transparent, always gave my dad options. I love Brian and Wood funeral home!
RE: They Were So Transparent.......... Kinda like the Biden/Harris Administration, huh.,....
@@seanbrooks9308 what is the difference between a funeral home and crematorium
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@@stacystewart6899 🙏🙏😃
I appreciated the thoughtfulness that was extended to my family during the passing of my husband.
My brother Mike,64, died eight days ago. He is being cremated. Your video was so helpful and gave me the total understanding of cremation. Thank you so very much.
We live in Southern California.God bless you.🙏❤
Wood Funeral Home is so amazing and so kind. My husband and I are being cremated through Wood. We trust them completely!
This is a very informative and very professional interview . Thank you for the care you provide families in their time of grief .
Thank you for this series of videos on what we should expect upon the death of a loved one, and the updates on the breaking news of the other funeral home and the bodies/fetuses found in there possession. Prayers to the families going through this tragic event.
That was very reassuring and some great information. My heart aches for the parents of the babies, I hope they can find some measure of comfort and peace.
A pain that never goes away.
Nice of you mr. Woods that was very informative helpful and understanding to all who was watching and listening. Thank you sir👍.
Wood Funeral Home has always been a reputable, sincere, compassionate place who truly cares about the lost loved one and their family. In the depression era in the 1930s my grandparents lost their first born to a staph infection from a little scratch he got on his cheek, when he was 2-3 years old. My grandpa went to the owner of Wood Funeral Home and said, This is my little boy, but I've only got $10 in my pocket." The owner placed his hand on Grandpa's shoulder and said, "Preston, we will take care of your little boy." To save money, Grandpa and his brother built a little pine box for little Clyde, then put the make-shiff casket in the back seat of their car and took him to Wood Funeral Home and they took care of the rest, both physically and monetarily. That exceptional they took of my grandparents and that little boy has carried on from generation to generation in the Wood family. We will be forever grateful.
Wood Funeral Home offers family members a heart ornament with loved ones name and date of passing. It is a very nice item!
Very informative, and discussed very kindly. Thank you!
He sounds very transparent as transparency can get and if I lived there he would be my go to person
Wow, to think of any business running continuously for 111 years! Thank you Brian Wood for all the information provided in this video. Not the easiest topic to discuss but you did it with dignity and compassion. Thank you also to Nate for conducting the interview.
All good information on a sensitive subject. Thankyou.
Very interesting. Thanks for posting this. Have a nice day now.
Excellent interview Nate…….
Nate good job, like always. 🙏🙏
I learned from your video that one process of the cremation was left out when my husband was cremated. I didn't understand why I received bones instead of ashes and now I know why - even though the funeral director tried to tell me that that was the way it is done.
bless you x
In different parts of the world, cremated remains are not processed (pulverized) and are returned just as they are when they are removed from the retort (cremation chamber).
If your husband was cremated in the United States, it is standard practice that the cremated remains be processed though it is not, to my knowledge, a legal requirement in the state in which I practiced for 16 years (Texas).
All of that said, in my experience I personally only saw unprocessed cremated remains when the cremation had been done in Asia.
Why would a person just receive bones instead of Ashes I've never heard of that
Great job Nate!!
Great job Nate!
He truly is the best reporter in the Nation
If you want a viewing, the body does NOT have to be embalmed! Unless they have been decomposing for days or something. It is not necessary, it is not the law and embalming is terrible for the environment. Don't let them tell you that the body has to be embalmed.
Thats why I'm moving to Missouri! They have the option of green burial no embalming no casket! Just wrapped in a cotton shroud in a wicker or wood burial container that's it no abuse of a corpse! The embalming procedure! If you have ever seen one is brutal! Thats why I dont want to be embalmed!!!! I dont need my body abused in death!!!!!!
It is the law in some states
It's the law here in Tennessee.
@@sunstarburst no it is not, why are you lying?
@@sunstarbursthow’s that so? How can they embalm a rotten decomposed corpse?
Like the above comment says
You’re lying 🤥
For attention, please stop spreading misinformation for likes it’s really embarrassing not to mention pathetic 😊
A couple of years ago a morgue in my town, (Carlisle, Ohio) that their refrigeration unit broke down and they either didn’t have the money to get it fixed, or it wasn’t repairable and bodies were breaking down and they got caught for not transferring them to another funeral home. Their were quite a few decomposed bodies.
Nate is a good judge of what Idahoans want to hear about. Timing is key
Rest In Peace 🙏
Very informative information. Thank You! Please open a Funeral Home in Northern Kentucky area!!! Our area would love to have you.
Extremely professional 🙂
I find this process fascinating. My uncle was a funeral director but I never knew this.
Thanks for sharing such pertinent information. I personally believe it’s time to permit viewing through utube funeral homes at viewing a live funerals during visitation hours and funerals. Perhaps this is already permitted and I am not aware this is permitted. 🤷♀️ Thanks again for your presentation. 🙏
My hubby didn't get embalmed ..
In the UK 🇬🇧
When my wife passed I was charged 90 00 for the use of a canopy by funeral home during the grave side service and internment but there wasn't a canopy at the grave sight but I was still wrongly charged for the canopy it was Edward's funeral home in Fort Smith Arkansas I didn't know I was being charged for the canopy until I got copy of a itemized statement later on
That is so unfortunate. I am so sorry for your loss.
One thing I was wondering about is why is it so expensive to wash the body.My aunt got an itemized bill from the funeral home for her daughter and this was many years ago now and it said “Washing of the Body” $800.00 Was she washed with Holy Water?
that was unusual, I never had a fee like that.
As long as the place doesn't ever end up like that mortuary in the Tri-Cites area in Ga.(or the one in Fla. that Dr. G.mentioned in Fla.). I can read Kathy Reich's or Patricia Cornwell's stories and watch Ducky do autopsies on "NCIS", but I don't want to be there, despite how curious I am.
So sad that some people have no desire to be thoughtful of the deceased and their family...the Christmas secret santa guy is shedding a bright light on the evil funeral home.
The man that's a funeral directors he's amazing he takes pride in his jobxxx xxxx
Awesome! But .. I wanted the tour!!
The video of the tour of the crematorium has been released, look on the East Idaho News page. It is very informative.
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This should be the link to the tour.
@@thomasduin2746
I did see it!! Thank you! This was an awesome public educational service!!
So once someone is embalmed they're no longer refrigerated also how long after embalming can you keep visiting that loved one before they start decompression
This is very informative,OH also very scarely to me l have thoughts on cremation.
He looks like he’s related to Rob Wood the prosecutor on the Daybell/Vallow case.
Funeral directors and their staff have the toughest job in the world! They deal with emotionally stressed customers daily, imbalmers deal with the gross part of making a dead person look presentable. I always assumed it paid well. I had to make arrangements for my son 2 weeks ago. The funeral director said they need help at his place. Everyone is afraid to work around dead people because of the pandemic. If anyone would like that type of work, there are job openings. Imbalmers would need a degree and license but greeters and office people probably just have to be nice and have nice clothes.
I would like to say this. When it's my turn to go, yes I choose cremation. Now I do not want anybody seeing me laid out. I want them to remember me who I was. The other thing I want done is this. Yes I am an Open Mic guitarist. When I'm done being cremated, I want my ashes to be swept up into the sound hole of my acoustic guitar. Seal the sound hole and make my guitar case my casket then put me in the ground. Who's decision would it be ? Me or my family ?
Definitely yours..I am also direct cremation, no viewing, no wake,service,urn the remains and place in a niche,simple,and play flight time by Donald Byrd and the Blackbyrds❤
Legally, that decision is made by the legal Next of Kin.
My advice, as a former funeral director and embalmer with 16 years of experience, would be to let your loved ones know what your wishes are and to be explicit and detailed.
If you do not have relatives or they are not trustworthy, talk to an attorney who handles Wills and Estate Planning.
@@steelerfan1933 I will look into that. Thank you for posting.
The best way to get the service you desire,is to purchase a pre arrangements service. This way YOU pay for what you desire,.As a former funeral director/embalmer in Texas, I too choose direct cremation. I also will recommend to price shop. Pricing will vary and funeral homes are a for profit business with very expensive over head expense.
Trust IS essential in when choosing death care services.
How much of the body la lost in the completion referring to ashes. What percentage la in urn when finished. Of loved one.
Enchanted, Enlightened, Embalmed...
Ahahahahahahaha!!!!!! Good three stooges reference!!!!!!
Great interview good mortician.
Business is right..
So if they’re getting embalmed, they don’t need to be refrigerated at all?
Yes
No. Embalming is the temporary preservation and disinfection of the body. The body is preserved and disinfected long enough that a public service can be carried out.
Once the body is embalmed, refrigeration is unnecessary.
Yep, the body does NOT have to be embalmed, pursuant to law, in most cases, unless the body is being shipped via commercial aircraft. The embalming process is optional. Tell the truth, for once!!! 👎
No kidding!!!!!!!!!
Funeral homes can require as policy that an intact body be embalmed for a viewing.
@@bouffant-girl Funeral Homes can require as policy whatever they wish. Nevertheless, it is only the customer's signed consent that makes the REQUEST legal and valid.
@@commondude9881 YOU, have the right to choose a funeral home who will comply with your request, Funeral Homes have the right to refuse servings you.
@@JamesJones-kr9uv What business do you know of that will turn down a probable $10,000 business dealing? Not many, if any. Funeral Homes provide service to it's customers. Yes, one is allowed to ask questions, agree, disagree, and even make free will selections of the various items for purchase. This is called professionalism since a SERVICE is being provided to a customer, it is not a dictatorship you half wit.
Thank you for calling the little one, babies. They are babies, not fetuses. The word, fetus, is used to depersonalize tiny human beings. I understand it is supposed to be a way to "scientifically" refer to unborn babies, but I think is distances people from the fact that they are babies from start to finish.
Damn, right!
Amen!!
Fetus is Party approved Correct Thinking and Speech, to deny the reality of 60 million babies aborted.
Absolutely!!!!!
No tour?
My stepdaughter was killed in car accident & her body was skeletal from waist down & like "burnt barbeque" ( yes that's how they said it) waist up. They charged us for embalming how could that be possible?
I would need more information to try and answer your question.
First, I'm sorry for your loss and I'm appalled that any professional would use the terminology that you described.
May I ask, was your stepdaughter buried or cremated?
@@steelerfan1933 she was burried it was clear back in 1992 I'd say she was in Heaven before we burried her but she had her mom use starch instead of hair spray the day of her funeral she sent fireamts up my leg she PUNKED us all😂🤣😂 I feel her presence often although it's been a couple of yrs.
@@skyjust828 Unless she was viewable, it's unlikely that arterial embalming was done.
More likely, topical embalming would have been done in a case such as that. It's difficult for me to say without knowing all of the factors. Topical embalming would be done, usually, to slow decomposition when there is no viewing. Though there is no viewing, decomposition can pose other problems particularly if the casket that is selected does not seal.
That said, in my experience I don't recall any funeral home that I worked at charging for that service. It is, however, well within the funeral home's rights to do so.
I hope this helps a little and I'm sorry it took so long to get back to you. It sounds a though your stepdaughter had quite a personality. 😊
@@steelerfan1933 thank you I (in my ignorance) thought they were jacking up the price.😪 they had already refused to do anything until the funeral was paid in full. $ 💸 💰 we got a loan & paid it off when insurance was paid. She was only 16 😭 but she was too sweet for this world 🌎 God was waiting for her to accept Jesus into her ❤ 6 days later the accident happened 😊I'm ready to see her soon👍🤗
🙏 PRAY 🙏
Funeral homes expenses are unbelievable costly, Most funeral homes will except insurance assignments,but must be verified prior to services, that is standard in the funeral homes I've been employed with.
Question: Is there a different between people and pet ashes? Why does some business give some ashes and not the whole ?
My friend was killed 4th of July a few years ago and his funeral wasn’t until July 18th, is that normal?
I lost my bff to covid 19 and my other bff and her mom
Cuanto cuesta una cajadel tiempo de los soldados simple y sencilla como la hacian en tiempo de guerra.
I am scared to death of being embalmed. .
What are you scared of you won't you won't even know if you're being embalmed
@@chadbryant2316 I was bout to say that. But there has been people that woken up at the funeral home I hope that would not happen to me
Have you seen an embalming procedure? Its abuse of a corpse!!!!
@@billchambersmarquez1964 it's a corpses their dead they don't feel anything...
@@billchambersmarquez1964 true, they wouldn't "feel" it because they are dead, but wouldn't you agree taking a trochar and poking the outside of a body is abuse or slapping the body is abuse? They can't feel it. I understand embalming is to preserve the body until the loved ones can get there to say goodbye, but it is very harsh process using very harsh chemicals. That is my understanding of it. Admittedly, I'm not an expert at embalming as I am a nurse 🏥
How much does cremation cost.do u have to buy the urn for the ashes.
Cremation will provide a simple box, you choose to purchase an urn.
Wow
Say if a lady dies and she’s pregnant,, what happens to the baby,, is the baby removed or stay in body
Stays with.
Did the baby live or die?
How Long does it Take for Dead Body to Decompose if Their Body and their Body is Embalmed when Burried Under Ground????
This nice to know
Why would bodies have lots build up of fluids? Does that happen while body is in ice box?
Well your body blood settles, you shit and piss your self also you blood because the bacteria in your body now is just sitting
Because our bodys consist of mainly of fluid
edema is fluid trapped in the tissue during illness or certain factors in death may cause excessive fluid.
Godbless xxx xxx
I lost twins early died. And they were great the hospital but not funeral service
I’m dead right now ,will I be embalmed ?
I’m friends with 2 funeral homes maple cotton and billows were I want to get a job maple cotton still dose ambulance service were I want to volunteer as a emt
I have the most respect for a dead person what’s going on now makes me sick to my stomach the way there being treated
Damn, I always thought Idaho only harvested potatoes?
I am tired sorry
The smell of a dead body is a smell you’re never forget nothing smells like it
Once you smell death that's the smell you'll never forget
Yes, very true!
Is it very serious?
Smells like garlic bread ×100
It is a unique smell,the cause of death and length of time since death will have to be taken into consideration.
That's guy needs to speak a little more professional Tom.He's talking about this death as A.
Customer.
Customer seriously
Well my grandson passed on Jan 10th and my daughter kipper calling the f home and they told my daughter that he was in the freezer.. they lost my grandsons papers where he was and they found out that they didn't know.if he was their . They lost he's papers. So my daughter was.all upset.. they checked the.freezer and didn't know if my.grandson was hem .. my daughter got.intouch with the man .the boss of the fennel h.. she was going to go see a layer.. but the man of the f home.told her..they had found my grandson.. my daughter told the man he better fire the lady that lost my grandson pspers.. .. they had . Mygrandson mixed with some one else.. iwould still sound that f home.. .it toke my daughter 2months ND 17 days before he was creammated.. ... it was so bad... we were a up set.. ..he's dad payed for He's cmatation..before this happened to my grandson.. . But the.money they.did get occourse.. ..they should of given in her some of the money..because they did wrong.. . . It t o ke another have month before they got the body cream mated. Be care ful you all. ..she has the papers of what he's father payed.. they fired that f girl ...
Please, very grief counseling, during COVID everything was backed up,and was messed up. I also lost my brother and cremation was severely backed up.
I am an Indian,thanks for explaining
I read that people whether cremated or buried will remain dead and totally unconscious until Jesus comes again and resurrect the righteous to eternal life. Ecclesiastes 9:5 For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
The funeral home my son has been laying in for 9 days now, is doing NOTHING but letting him decompose because they can't reach his son (in jail) or his SPERM DONOR to sign the paperwork
I've already PAID for his cremation
They took my money, but my son still ROTS
Do you rip off customers?
I think it is totally crazy that there is such a long wait before cremation can be done. IT dont even make sense. If you have already paid for your cremation and made arrangements for the disposition . Its just crazy that there is such a long wait .Should be no difference in cremation or ground burial.
The difference is that cremation cannot be undone, should further investigation be necessary into the cause or manner of death.
Therefore, the proper legal authorities must sign off saying that they know without a doubt how the person passed away.
The state makes the law, funeral director must obey them.
50 fetuses? You mean 50 babies.
A fetus is not a baby.
not picking on this guy some do care. but having said that there are situations where some are only in it for the Buck.. and do not care for the body or Family and he knows it and should stand up and say so. and get together with other funeral directors and say it's time to stop this. God Bless the Family's who had to go through this with the other funeral home.
What would be the white film substance on a deceased lips?
Separate buildings are a good idea. You don't want any dead people laying around while you're trying to have a funeral.
I don't want to die... who wants to die ???
My mom told me when I was a kid that the funeral homes sell your insides for pet food and if I didn’t want to end up like that I should learn to behave.
😳😳😳
Wow! Your Mum took it to a whole different level. My Mum would just tell me she was going to bring me to St Mary’s home and let the nuns discipline me.
That is not true!!! Sad you heard some vile garbage!
It's the PERFECT business to be involved with during this global pandemic. Business must be doing well.
He died of Covid.😪
if they dont pay they stay until payment is payed in full or checks clear
Liar you absolutely DO NOT have to embalm someone to have a viewing. There are ways to keep the body cooled for long enough for visitation.
You can totally have a private family viewing without embalming (usually that means around 5 people coming in to visit a loved one) but he is talking about a public viewing, in that case you% need embalming, the funeral home would be breaking the law if they didn't embalm. Its a public health concern.
@@shannon9247 No it’s not a public health concern. It’s a money issue and a funeral home lie. There isn’t any harm that can come from a dead person who’s not been embalmed. Unless your relative dies from Ebola it’s perfectly safe.
The laws are different in every state I'm guessing, but it my state embalming is required for a public viewing at a funeral. When my dad died this year I came in and viewed him before his cremation and he was not embalmed since it was just a private family viewing. Funeral Home didn't lie to us, I chose a service that didn't require embalming, which you have a right to do so as a customer. If you don't want embalming don't choose services that require it
Exactly right and I wish people would discuss this more. The toxic sludge is dumped into our water systems its outrageous. Thousands of these done in each town dumped into the water system. It needs to be banned lets starts a hashtag or something. The toxic chemicals and diseases in the blood all end up in our water.
The embalming procedure is abuse of a corpse!!!!!!!!!!!! Green burials are best!!!!!!!!!!!
First thing they do is register as Democrat.
When rapture occurs will the business survive?
Yes the evil will still be here, and still die.
I don't think so,
I have seen on the news, that there have been arrest made at funeral homes for overnight guest to have sex with the dead.Such a horrible act and most don't get caught.
WHAT??!!
That lady in video is hot as hell !
Burn 'em and Urn 'em 🤣🤣🤣
Yeah if they've been dead for a few days probably best to go ahead and cook them asap.
THAT IS a crude comment!
Well, after the creepy morgue tech has had his
way with the body, he prepares it for burial.
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seek psychiatric help soon, your a screwed up person,if you believe THAT!!
The body ends up in a pile and the deceased family gets the ashes from who even happened to be cremated at the time
You are just negative and mean.
Seriously? There is something very wrong with people like you. I mean why let facts get in the way?
My old lady is walking around the house as I’m typing this with at least 3 fetuses rotting in her Kotex that she is wearing. She hasn’t changed it yet since getting out of bed. 😂😂😂😂😂
thanks for making the public know what's actually going on in those feaniual homes