When a person dies of old age in their home, what is the car called that takes them to the funeral home?
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After a person has died, say of old age in their home. A doctor comes to pronounce them dead. Once they are pronounced dead, what is the car called that takes the body to the funeral home?
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After a person has died, say of old age in their home. A doctor comes to pronounce them dead. Once they are pronounced dead, what is the car called that takes the body to the funeral home?
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July 24th, 2009 at 5:13 pm
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A hearse or an ambulance. If the funeral home transports the body, they use a hearse.
A hearse is a funeral vehicle, a conveyance for the casket from e.g. a church to a cemetery, a similar burial site, or a crematorium. In the funeral trade, they are often called funeral coaches.
July 25th, 2009 at 1:33 am
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hearst ?
July 25th, 2009 at 11:40 am
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I would assume an ambulance would do the initial heavy lifting if this is for storytelling purposes.
July 28th, 2009 at 12:38 pm
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It’s called an ambulance, but it isn’t like a medical ambulance, with all kinds of emergency equipment inside. It’s really just a van, because all it has to do is transport a dead body, and it’s usually painted white or maybe black, with no lettering on the sides. It couldn’t really be called a van, because on such occasions one should be respectful towards the deceased, so it’s given the more-tasteful description of ambulance. A hearse carries the deceased in a coffin from the funeral home/parlour/undertaker’s to the place where the funeral is to be held.