Category Archives: funeral home

A Funeral or a KKK Meeting?

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Death To Hollywood

Since my last two posts involved Asians, I’ve decided to stick with the Asian theme and tell you about the first time we had a Vietnamese funeral at our house. I mentioned in a previous blog that after the Vietnam … Continue reading →

Posted in death, family, funeral home, funerals, weird | Tagged Cheech and Chong, Fool Me Once, George W Bush, KKK, Vietnamese funerals | 7 Comments

Right Hand Man

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Death To Hollywood

During my dad’s 30 years in business, there were only a few people who worked for him, but none of them for as long as his right hand man, Mr. John Fatz. He was such a regular fixture in our … Continue reading →

Posted in catholic church, death, family, funeral home, funerals, weird | Tagged Graves Registration, The John P Donohue Funeral Home, Vietnam War | 10 Comments

Unhappy Friday

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Death To Hollywood

This isn’t the typical “Happy Friday” I usually celebrate, because as I was scrolling through Facebook this morning, so I can start my day off with judging people by their status updates, I saw that someone had posted that Robert … Continue reading →

Posted in celebrities, death, family, funeral home, funerals, Hollywood, weird | Tagged Hot Rod, John Travolta, Robert Hegyes, Vinnie Barbarino, Welcome Back Kotter | 10 Comments

Dexter and Putrefaction

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Death To Hollywood

The other night I was watching Dexter, one of my favorite shows. If you’re not familiar with Dexter, it’s a show that airs on Showtime, and the main character, Dexter, played by Michael C. Hall, is a blood spatter analyst … Continue reading →

Posted in celebrities, death, family, funeral home, funerals, weird | Tagged Dexter, Michael C Hall, Michelle Duggar, putrefying body, Six Feet Under | 7 Comments

The History of Embalming

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Death To Hollywood

I asked my dad once who invented embalming and you probably guessed it; it was the Egyptians. Everyone knows about the mummies. They were the first culture to believe in the immortality of the soul, and that the soul would … Continue reading →

Posted in death, family, funeral home, funerals, weird | Tagged Alexander Butlerov, Dr. Frederick Ruysch, Dr. Thomas Holmes, Egyptians, embalming, funerals, Mummies, Necropolis, Wyoming Funeral Director's Association | 20 Comments

From the Basement to the Stage

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Death To Hollywood

After my early childhood performances on the casket shipping case, I finally started performing outside of my basement. Did I mention that I started playing the flute at age 10 in the school band? When the music teacher came to … Continue reading →

Posted in family, funeral home, Hollywood | Tagged Anchorman, Dancing With the Stars, Fame, Issac Hayes, school recital, Shaft, The Hustle, Will Ferrell | 8 Comments

Cursing Out A Corpse

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Death To Hollywood

I’m sure everyone is familiar with Tourette Syndrome and some of the behavior that comes along with it. And it must be weird to have it, but you have to admit, extreme cases of it are pretty funny. I did … Continue reading →

Posted in catholic church, death, family, funeral home, funerals, weird | Tagged humans barking, neurological disorders, spitting, Tourette Syndrome | 10 Comments

100 Times

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Death To Hollywood

Did you have the unfortunate experience of going to Catholic school? We did. All four of us went to St. Alice Catholic school where there were some really shitty nuns and teachers. For example, I used to get in … Continue reading →

Posted in catholic church, family, funeral home, weird | Tagged Monsignor Bonner High School, St. Alice school | 8 Comments

Crazy Runs in the Family

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Death To Hollywood

If you have read the “Quick History” page of my blog, you already know that my great grandfather was the man who started the family business. He got a lucky break with the influenza pandemic of 1918 and business took … Continue reading →

Posted in death, family, funeral home, funerals, weird | Tagged 1918 influenza pandemic, embalming, Jameson Irish whiskey, John P. Donohue Funeral home, Young Frankenstein | 9 Comments

Getting Scrooged!

Posted on December 19, 2011 by Death To Hollywood

With Christmas less than a week away, I decided to tell you about one of my most memorable Christmases. This story has become legendary in the Donohue household. Everyone, aside from me, thinks it’s funny, but I assure you, it … Continue reading →

Posted in family, funeral home, funerals, weird | Tagged Christmas, step rugs, stereo | 21 Comments