Enterprising US undertaker Cecil Gilmore is set to offer an enhanced embalming service. He wants to go beyond the casketed look and display his dead doing what they always did — very much in the spirit of the Puerto Rican embalmer who, in July 2010, displayed a miraculously embalmed David Morales Colon on his motorbike (above).
If a father or husband was an avid fisherman, pose him in his waders and favorite shirt, his cap festooned with lures, holding his lucky fishing rod.
If mother is most remembered for relaxing while watching TV, pose her on a bed with the remote in her hands.
Or, if the deceased was known for his love of motorcycles, pose him in his jeans, vest, bandana – even sunglasses – on his bike of choice.
“The idea is to make people look like they are living, or just sleeping,” Gilmore said. [Source]
This may strike you as being exactly what taxidermists do with stuffed animals. Alternatively, you may think it is the way to go.
Here at the GFG we preserve our notorious stance of ambivalence in all things.
More marvellous embalming from the Marin Funeral Home here:
