Day In The Life - Funeral Director

Follow Theresa Westfall, a Funeral Director in Espanola, New Mexico to see what a typical day looks like in their shoes.
Special Thanks:
Tim Rivera
Kellie Evans
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[@jem117]

Funeral directors and all deathworkers are SO IMPORTANT in society! We do not thank these people enough. Thank a funeral director, mortician, embalmer, cemetery operator, and any funeral home staff today

[@OlinKreutzRules]

Especially when they kidnap your bank account just because you’ve lost a loved one and that loved one deserves the “best”. That’s code for, you’re emotional so of course it’s ok to rip you off. I’m NOT saying they shouldn’t be evenly compensated but from personal experiences, some people just suck and of course I’m NOT saying that they’re all this way. I just can’t stand it when people, especially “professionals” use your emotions against you in the name of financial gain.

[@jem117]

@@OlinKreutzRules looks like someone didn’t do their job as a consumer and make sure they picked the right business for themselves and their family.

[@Mr_tank1]

@@jem117 last time I checked it was from anywhere 5,000 to 20,000 depending on how big the funeral is but I'm not much of a specialist on this so I'm probably wrong on this but they do steal your money death is not a cheap business

[@touchebacon1341]

@@OlinKreutzRules 😲 omg...

[@crusty3731]

​@@OlinKreutzRules I'm a funeral service operative and I completely agree. We all agree with you. But a vast majority of us in the industry don't have a say in the pricing. That's really up to the owner. We make minimum wage and yet we're the ones removing dead bodies from homes, dressing them, putting them in the coffins, delivering the coffins to different branches, driving the hearses, limosines and pall bearing. Our embalmers, grave diggers, arrangers and a vast majority of our directors have no say in it either. Just the fat cats who sit back in their offices and don't have to lift a finger. So it's a tough job for us but we do acknowledge that families are being charged far too much. We don't like it either.

[@scottscott232]

What a great lady. Incredibly professional, genuinely compassionate, wise, and knowledgeable.

[@andre.rahsaan]

I watched this for research purposes. Thank you so much for sharing.

[@darcye7629]

I just lost my mom a month ago. The funeral home employees in my state, were so kind to us during this difficult time. Thanks for all you do ❤.

[@lrmgrl]

You did an excellent job showing the public what a funeral director does. It takes a special person to be a funeral director due to the demands of the career. Thank you for your dedication to helping people in their most difficult times. Stay safe and healthy.

[@Itsjdsantana]

Jus watching this I already have a heavy heart ..we take a lot for granted. Cherish your time with your loved ones !!!❤️🙏🏽

[@brickdabrick]

As an European Funeral Director with 18 years and counting on my track, i have huge respect for this lady. Such a wise words. Don't take life for granted. U never know when things change.

[@audreymiller7792]

She is very compassionate ❤️ which is #1 . I think she is amazing . 👍 .

[@TeddyBeeBest]

Thank you Audrey!

[@robinsonafrica13]

She is so polite ❤

[@josipamarketin5156]

It`s great to see a fellow female colleague who does her work with such a passion and dignity. I love Theresa.

[@TeddyBeeBest]

Josipa, thank you so much for the LOVE. I love you too!

[@douglascampbell3008]

I just retired from the National cemetery and now work part time in a funeral home here in Northern California I’ve been helping with services and pick ups, your videos are very inspiring thank you and god bless.

[@irjr6175]

She sounds like she’s always on the verge to cry or is it just me?

[@louie5779]

I was literally going to comment this. I hope she is okay. I can’t even imagine the toll this job takes on your mental health.

[@arthurteo8111]

Yes: she has a very sad disposition in countenance and voice.

[@victoriahazard1181]

No she's sounds like she's going to cry

[@YeetMasterP24]

Yes and I feel so bad. Not petty, but just I feel emotional for her

[@millerslife4859]

I love that she cares ❤

[@israelsantana1408]

That shit is depressing but it definitely makes u appreciate your loved ones .

[@candicehiles729]

What an honorable job she does.

[@starvazquez14.]

This video is very interesting and very well explained. But I felt this sadness during the video.😔

[@TeddyBeeBest]

Ms. Star thank you for taking the time to view this "Day In The Life" with me as the funeral director. There is sadness in my voice and heart! Helping grieving families is humbling every day and does become a lifestyle. The most valuable take away for me from funeral service is to appreciate each day, each person, each breath and every relationship in your life because life is so precious and delicate that it could all change in an instant. Be aware of who you are as a person and always grow mentally and emotionally. Please do not feel content with a normal day to day routines. Be bold and be brave try something new or say hello to a stranger! Life is beautiful and death can be too.

[@JulieR73]

A young lady from my church was murdered by her boyfriend in New Mexico a few years ago. RIP Emily Lambert

[@katherianwharton7698]

beautiful young lady I love the eye brows

[@dunbarspring7742]

LAST RESPONDERS... I WAS IN THE BUSINESS FOR A WHILE I WOULD GO BACK WITH THE RIGHT PEOPLE AND COMPANY... HATS OFF TO YOU GUYS

[@bgabb9110]

Much respect for these women who would be successful in any job they had chosen in life but chose this.

[@1denisehatch]

I believe it’s a calling.

[@millicentmagoma8443]

She is very compassionate

[@TeddyBeeBest]

Thank you Millicent, i love your name.

[@tybirdinground]

Lord bless you. I enjoyed watching this video and gained much more respect of the scope of your work and industry. I am considering being or taking on a role as such. You are my, "neighbor," so to speak...I am in Arizona. Take care of yourself and family. Thank you.

[@ckkmanltj]

It was great meeting Teresa. She seems like a great woman. Also… The whiteboard should be on a computer program that’s on a large TV monitor though. I kept thinking she would accidentally erase the wrong line. No undo.

[@theresawestfall4212]

Thank you! I really enjoyed having the opportunity to educate folks.

[@TeddyBeeBest]

Thank you for taking the time to watch this video.

[@Colt-ii4qn]

Always amazed and respectful of people that can do what I never could 🙏🏻

[@Marcus-cz5uu]

Respect & admiration

[@clairevagonis1873]

I was in Santa Fe a year and a half ago. It was on my bucket list. I absolutely loved it. I’ve never seen such a clean place not even cigarette butts on the ground. It was wonderful. My son and I stayed at in Casita on somebody’s property was an Airbnb. It was great not to change the subject.

[@ItsAllApsyop]

Crazy that such a place exists in America.

[@possumcolvett5722]

I think you do a lovely job you help families grieve and process their hurt and sadness more than you know sending blessings to you take you Possum 😊

[@TeddyBeeBest]

Thank you Possum.

[@possumcolvett5722]

@@TeddyBeeBest you are very welcome 😊

[@markreese4533]

I'm from new mexico and I did not know you guys came here

[@EyeForKnowledge.]

I’m always interested to know what bigger city cremation percentages are. I am a funeral director in a small southern town and we are at an almost 50% cremation rate. I imagine that would be significantly higher in a bigger city. Makes me wonder if this percentage keeps climbing, soon there won’t be any profit for funeral homes unless cremation rates go up to match burial rates. If that doesn’t happen, I think that funeral homes will start closing their doors in record numbers and the state will end up having to take over death care.

[@ItsAllApsyop]

Sounds like something that fits the overall agenda. This country is going under in every way imagineable.

[@nevinkuser9892]

My wife is Balinese. Her name is Jero Tya. We do ceremonies all the time for people whose family members have died but it looks a lot brighter. First of all we do it outside not in a dark building.

[@alisondestefano1907]

You are so awesome and respectful of the deased! I hope someday when it is my turn to pass someone like you work on me! No can replace someone like you! From ohio

[@TeddyBeeBest]

Thank you sweet lady!

[@happyfeet5700]

I'm hook almost done watching all the videos we need more plz n thank u

[@MrMlbfan6]

This is a tough job

[@FuncleFester]

She’s great! I love her drive

[@meudeusefiel9820]

Put my body in the grave, gently, and know that even though my earthly life is over, my tired soul rests with Jesus somewhere over the rainbow.

[@demetriahorne1006]

Thank you for this!❤

[@jennic.548]

Thank you for what you do.

[@chrischristoferson1191]

Talk about a thankless job. Unless your directly involved with the planning they are people I’ve never thought about honestly.

[@TeddyBeeBest]

Chris thank you for taking the time to watch A Day In The Life, I think it is wonderful what Timur is doing with this series of A Day In The Life. He presents a very interesting perspective of industries we don't really know about but would like to know more about. I have watched them all more than once.

[@user-dc3qk9hn3x]

Guess it takes the right person for the job.

[@shelleysmith9532]

This is very intresting to me. Im learning stuff

[@libbygarcia6354]

How very interesting!!

[@AbcdEfg-zx5hm]

Can we get more funeral director videos like this

[@TellTheirTale]

Worth watching!

[@KennyJTV]

This is an amazing video, would love to be featured!

[@TeddyBeeBest]

Thank you Kenny, it was a great time. I will forever cherish this video and the young man Timur Bootiz who allowed me to be me during filming.

[@Beerman111980]

Wow, same exact favorite Starbucks drink as me. Good taste.

[@tonib3139]

Very good video.

[@N3omega]

My friends basement was the cooler it was so lit we would always smoke down there

[@DinoSpidersTV]

Another nice video.

[@trackpackgt877]

Think this lady sounds like she's on the verge of crying because she cares too much I think she's given too much to this hard job and it's affected her

[@brennandamon5291]

Can you do a firefighter

[@user-jp4tl9zd8n]

I know my cousin late husband side owns a funeral home in North St. Paul, Sandberg funeral home. And Connie late parents are my Godparents to me and she bought two cemetery plots and friend did plot benches for me and husband.

[@manuelsanchez4947]

It would have been nice to ask her questions about her profession.

[@victoriahazard1181]

I know I couldn't do this

[@EdgarakaEdgorilla07]

Your not alone

[@Salesman263]

She is awesome. Credible, authentic and caring….and kinda hot.

[@clairevagonis1873]

Is it common to have the cremation part of it and if you’re not home I live in New Jersey and they have to do it like way my parents for cremated, they have to take them like an hour away to the cremation place because it can’t be near people they said.

[@TeddyBeeBest]

Different states have different laws.

[@EdgarakaEdgorilla07]

This is very sad I will never work at a Funeral Home

[@yourfuneraldirector6432]

Welcome to my world from birth. It is a tough job.

[@fasillimerick7394]

Victor M. Sweeny is a tough act to follow.

[@majoroldladyakamom6948]

The word ESPRESSO doesn't have an "X" in it. ⚘

[@dawnwelch6579]

YESSS!!!! Was hoping someone would say that!!!

[@N3omega]

I grew up in a funeral home

[@carolgillis5265]

I noticed that also she is about to cry

[@theresawestfall4212]

💛🐦

[@alexadam353]

The Funeral Industry is a very Depressing Industry. This woman's presentation and visual attests to this fact. She's Very Sad and Depressed.

[@TeddyBeeBest]

I was not sad nor depressed. Once you work in the death care industry for some time it becomes part of who you are. I really am a feeler and can relate to families experiencing difficult losses. In this industry there are certain words you take out of your vocabulary along with tone of voice. I didn't want to be to excitable when working with grieving families. You can say it became a part of my DNA. I thank you for the comment and taking the time to watch this Day In The Life.

[@tylerhynes0]

I love your accent are you from Canada theresa

[@theresawestfall4212]

Hi! No I am not from Canada. It is a mixture of the South Louisana, Utah and New Mexico.

[@Kylewraps]

@@theresawestfall4212 do you believe in god / afterlife?

[@theresawestfall4212]

@@Kylewraps 💯 percent!

[@Kylewraps]

@@theresawestfall4212 ok good That’s the one thing that keeps me from joining this industry is my weak faith sometimes I’m like a 5/10 sometimes I believe sometimes I don’t even tho my sister is saved and says she feels god and speaks tongues and stuff

[@theresawestfall4212]

@Kylewraps-HisHandAroundHisCock well maybe this will help you....I grew up in twelve different states across U.S every new city I lived in my mom would make me be baptized, blessed etc I have been catholic, Mormon, Lutheran, Baptist and Christian so I think having an open mind van be helpful it's not about religion but you feel and believe in which aligns with your values.

[@richardleubanks1808]

Nervous g I Ving a tour

[@michaelfabian2401]

She may not be the one actually fucking you over in your time of grief and sadness, but she's 100% there watching it happen, and holding down your arms.... Bottom line here people, it's super expensive to die, and those of us without a plan who don't have one duck in a row, your spouse/family will be paying through their nose at the worst possible time. Can't make the payment? That's okay! Funeral home's will place a levy against your vehicle, home, bank account and make your SSDI/VA/Retirement and or any GOVT. assistances will have a BIG part of it coming to them monthly.

[@introfiant30]

You are so wrong.

[@TeddyBeeBest]

Extremely misinformed your are.

[@MrsEyes512]

How is the person wrong? They get their money or those things do happen. Save save save. You're gonna need between $5,000 +. Depends on cremation or burial. Burial with no service or embalming is around $12,000. And again I say.. they WILL get their money.

[@richardleubanks1808]

My fat fingers make it look I can't spell

[@ronnier5182]

I feel like she has some Native American in her.

[@clairevagonis1873]

We’re not allowed to witness cremations here either

[@CarloTurner-vl7rl]

It’s a DEAD end Job 😂

[@user-qk2rn5ud8p]

Aarkea friend love Brianna Jones 🥰🤟 good can you see house 🏠 sleep bed night

[@commiesarehorrible7622]

Are they still pulling out blood clots from the 💉

[@London780]

Rip off funeral directors keeping the price high with monopoly

[@ES-kg4kc]

It's her guilty conscience. Don't be fooled it only a job to her and others that work in that industry. It's a huge money making business and most funeral homes have been purchased by huge wealthy corporations. It's a numbers game for their investors and stock holders. ...........

[@ah-or8se]

someone has to do this Job!.

[@TeddyBeeBest]

I beg to diff

[@ItsAllApsyop]

There is someone else who left the comment stating that the reimbursement rates are quite low and that if they go any lower, there's not gonna be much profit leaving these facilities to be state run.

[@jamesirby2643]

This woman is beautiful and I hope her and her business the best and thanks for her service to the community

[@TeddyBeeBest]

Thank you

[@Nicky_Nacky_Nooo]

8:16 Somebody wants a pay rise 😂

[@TeddyBeeBest]

Lol

[@mrcleanofhvac]

Love these vids , so real so in depth and genuine I myself is a hvac technician please contact me I would like to invite you guys into my everyday life and see how we keep people cool and warm in the seasons

[@TeddyBeeBest]

Thank you for the comment and taking the time to see A Day In The Life.

[@user-tofunnyeh]

5 plus hours to cremation, turn the temp up that ridicules.

[@1denisehatch]

Maybe there is something about the retort that causes this company to go slower.

[@1denisehatch]

Might be a reason for a longer cremation.

[@TeddyBeeBest]

Obesity

[@limeyosu2000]

Was thinking the same anywhere else it’s 90 minutes maybe the person was obese ?