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People gather at Mission Park South Funeral Home for a service in May.

Business & Development

As COVID-19 Death Toll Climbs, Busy Funeral Homes See ‘Added Grief’ for Mourning Families

by Shari Biediger July 23, 2020July 23, 2020

San Antonio’s 55 licensed funeral providers have been handling more services as the number of deaths from COVID-19 have shot up this month.

Second Teen Dies from COVID-19 as Hospital Capacity Dips to 10%

by Lindsey Carnett July 10, 2020July 10, 2020

Bexar’s Eye: After-Life Business Takes Name from God of the Seas

by Shari Biediger September 1, 2019September 4, 2019

Connie Wyckoff is a resident of Blue Skies and helped establish The 11th Hour, a program of volunteers who sit with people who are in the last stages of dying so they won't be alone.

At Vets’ Retirement Community, Volunteer Group Pledges ‘No One Will Die Alone’

by Shari Biediger May 27, 2019January 31, 2020

Flowers adorn a tombstone at Fort Sam National Cemetery.

Searching for Common Ground in Advance Care Planning

by Deborah Kaercher September 27, 2017September 26, 2017

A wrapped body in Eloise Woods, a Green Burial Park. Photo courtesy of Ellen Macdonald.

The Business of Death: Funeral Directors’ Convention in San Antonio

by Gretchen Greer April 8, 2015January 31, 2020