March 29, 2005

Mortician takes over as boss of West Side funeral home

Wayne State University's Mortuary Science School is referenced in a story about the growing number of women entering the profession. Women make up only 9 percent of the 1,138 licensed funeral home directors who are members of the Michigan Funeral Home Directors Association. However, Michigan\'s only mortuary science school, at Wayne State University, has enrolled more women than men in the past few years, according to Phil Douma, executive director of the Michigan Funeral Home Directors Association.

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