Graduated number one in my class, 1973, San Francisco College of Mortuary Science. My dad was a mortician, a brilliant mink trapper, jazz trumpet player, and semipro baseball player.. My grandpa was a mortician and the most terrific grandpa you could imagine. He was an embalmer 20 years before antibiotics and a true germ freak. My brother-in-law is a funeral director.
I must say, this is a pretty entertaining if not terribly informative thread. ;-{>8
If anyone would like to read a book that is an accurate depiction of the field, I'd suggest "The Undertaking" by Thomas Lynch.
Trust me, I'll be the last guy to let you down.