What Happens to Your Body the First Week in a Casket — A Funeral Director Explains

What happens to your body the first week in a casket? Families ask me whether their loved one will stay the way they looked at the graveside. After 38 years as a funeral director in southern Ohio, I give you the honest answer, which is no, and the casket maker's own patent shows why. In this video, I walk through the first seven days, from the first hours to what embalming really buys. I compare embalmed and unembalmed, a wooden casket and a sealed steel one, and a January grave and a July grave. I also share what I found when a family asked me to open a sealed casket nine days after the funeral. Most importantly, I explain your rights under the FTC Funeral Rule, why embalming is usually your choice, and what to ask before you pay for a sealer casket or a vault. #FuneralDirector #FuneralPlanning #Embalming #Burial