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FEATURE - Elvisimitator ist auch ein Bestatter
October 31, 2016 - St. Louis, Missouri, United States: Neighborhood children have their picture taken in front of a motorcycle-pulled hearse on display in front of Michel Funeral Home on Oct. 31, 2016 during a Halloween party for their Southwest Avenue neighbors. Chris and Calvin Whitaker restored their 70-year-old business first run by Howard and Evelyn Michel. Since 1992, Calvin Whitaker has been called to the aftermath of some of the city’s most violent acts to takes bodies to the morgue after police is called: suicides, natural deaths, overdoses and homicides. Among his more notable transports are the body of Michael Brown, killed in a police shooting in Ferguson, as well as a woman who died of an overdose at the August Busch IV home. He also help causes he believes in: burial of homeless veterans, exhumation of an unidentified murdered child’s remains for forensic analysis, restoration of an overgrown cemetery. About a year ago, Whitaker and his wife, fellow funeral director Chris Whitaker, 38, moved to St. Louis in a house that was for 70 years a funeral home. They fixed it up and are open for business. The funeral home was open to the public for their second annual Halloween party. Chris Whitaker’s love for the profession began when she attended her grandmother’s funeral at 13. She admired how lifelike her grandmother looked in the casket and thought she could someday master makeup for the deceased. She was working at a funeral home where the father of one of Calvin’s friends was laid out. He came to pay his final respects when Chris caught his eye. He offered her a job working with him to collect and deliver bodies to the city’s morgue. Three months after they met, they got married at a funeral home. That was 10 years ago. Though they were inspired to go into the death business when they were young, the Whitakers have taken a different approach to the career than their mentors. There are neatly pressed shirts and black suits in Calvin’s closet, *** Local Cap
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FEATURE - Elvisimitator ist auch ein Bestatter
October 31, 2016 - St. Louis, Missouri, United States: Calvin Whitaker keeps his cauldron burning during an Addams Family themed Halloween party outside Michel Funeral Home on Oct. 31, 2016. Calvin and Chris Whitaker have restored their 70-year-old Michel Funeral Home first run by Howard and Evelyn Michel on The Hill. Since 1992, Calvin Whitaker has been called to the aftermath of some of the city’s most violent acts to takes bodies to the morgue after police is called: suicides, natural deaths, overdoses and homicides. Among his more notable transports are the body of Michael Brown, killed in a police shooting in Ferguson, as well as a woman who died of an overdose at the August Busch IV home. He also help causes he believes in: burial of homeless veterans, exhumation of an unidentified murdered child’s remains for forensic analysis, restoration of an overgrown cemetery. About a year ago, Whitaker and his wife, fellow funeral director Chris Whitaker, 38, moved to St. Louis in a house that was for 70 years a funeral home. They fixed it up and are open for business. The funeral home was open to the public for their second annual Halloween party. Chris Whitaker’s love for the profession began when she attended her grandmother’s funeral at 13. She admired how lifelike her grandmother looked in the casket and thought she could someday master makeup for the deceased. She was working at a funeral home where the father of one of Calvin’s friends was laid out. He came to pay his final respects when Chris caught his eye. He offered her a job working with him to collect and deliver bodies to the city’s morgue. Three months after they met, they got married at a funeral home. That was 10 years ago. Though they were inspired to go into the death business when they were young, the Whitakers have taken a different approach to the career than their mentors. There are neatly pressed shirts and black suits in Calvin’s closet, but they hang alongside equally meticulously *** Local Cap
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FEATURE - Elvisimitator ist auch ein Bestatter
October 31, 2016 - St. Louis, Missouri, United States: Chris Whitaker welcomes trick or treaters to her coffin filled with candy at a Halloween party outside Michel Funeral Home on Oct. 31, 2016. Chris and her husband Calvin have restored their 70-year-old Michel Funeral Home first run by Howard and Evelyn Michel. Since 1992, Calvin Whitaker has been called to the aftermath of some of the city’s most violent acts to takes bodies to the morgue after police is called: suicides, natural deaths, overdoses and homicides. Among his more notable transports are the body of Michael Brown, killed in a police shooting in Ferguson, as well as a woman who died of an overdose at the August Busch IV home. He also help causes he believes in: burial of homeless veterans, exhumation of an unidentified murdered child’s remains for forensic analysis, restoration of an overgrown cemetery. About a year ago, Whitaker and his wife, fellow funeral director Chris Whitaker, 38, moved to St. Louis in a house that was for 70 years a funeral home. They fixed it up and are open for business. The funeral home was open to the public for their second annual Halloween party. Chris Whitaker’s love for the profession began when she attended her grandmother’s funeral at 13. She admired how lifelike her grandmother looked in the casket and thought she could someday master makeup for the deceased. She was working at a funeral home where the father of one of Calvin’s friends was laid out. He came to pay his final respects when Chris caught his eye. He offered her a job working with him to collect and deliver bodies to the city’s morgue. Three months after they met, they got married at a funeral home. That was 10 years ago. Though they were inspired to go into the death business when they were young, the Whitakers have taken a different approach to the career than their mentors. There are neatly pressed shirts and black suits in Calvin’s closet, but they hang alongside equally meticulously mai *** Local Cap
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FEATURE - Elvisimitator ist auch ein Bestatter
October 31, 2016 - St. Louis, Missouri, United States: "We're not your typical funeral directors," said Chris Whitaker, greeting her husband Calvin as they go with an Addams Family theme at the start of their funeral home's first trunk or treat party on Halloween, Oct. 31, 2016. The couple, who restored their 70-year-old Michel Funeral Home first run by Howard and Evelyn Michel, have held neighborhood events since reopening the business. Since 1992, Calvin Whitaker has been called to the aftermath of some of the city’s most violent acts to takes bodies to the morgue after police is called: suicides, natural deaths, overdoses and homicides. Among his more notable transports are the body of Michael Brown, killed in a police shooting in Ferguson, as well as a woman who died of an overdose at the August Busch IV home. He also help causes he believes in: burial of homeless veterans, exhumation of an unidentified murdered child’s remains for forensic analysis, restoration of an overgrown cemetery. About a year ago, Whitaker and his wife, fellow funeral director Chris Whitaker, 38, moved to St. Louis in a house that was for 70 years a funeral home. They fixed it up and are open for business. The funeral home was open to the public for their second annual Halloween party. Chris Whitaker’s love for the profession began when she attended her grandmother’s funeral at 13. She admired how lifelike her grandmother looked in the casket and thought she could someday master makeup for the deceased. She was working at a funeral home where the father of one of Calvin’s friends was laid out. He came to pay his final respects when Chris caught his eye. He offered her a job working with him to collect and deliver bodies to the city’s morgue. Three months after they met, they got married at a funeral home. That was 10 years ago. Though they were inspired to go into the death business when they were young, the Whitakers have taken a different approach to the career than their m *** Local C
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DUK10079768_007
FEATURE - Elvisimitator ist auch ein Bestatter
October 31, 2016 - St. Louis, Missouri, United States: Bill Reeves breaks for a bowl of chili while playing 'Uncle Fester' at an Addams Family themed Halloween party outside Michel Funeral Home on Oct. 31, 2016. Chris and Calvin Whitaker restored their 70-year-old Michel Funeral Home, first run by Howard and Evelyn Michel, and opened it to neighborhood events. Since 1992, Calvin Whitaker has been called to the aftermath of some of the city’s most violent acts to takes bodies to the morgue after police is called: suicides, natural deaths, overdoses and homicides. Among his more notable transports are the body of Michael Brown, killed in a police shooting in Ferguson, as well as a woman who died of an overdose at the August Busch IV home. He also help causes he believes in: burial of homeless veterans, exhumation of an unidentified murdered child’s remains for forensic analysis, restoration of an overgrown cemetery. About a year ago, Whitaker and his wife, fellow funeral director Chris Whitaker, 38, moved to St. Louis in a house that was for 70 years a funeral home. They fixed it up and are open for business. The funeral home was open to the public for their second annual Halloween party. Chris Whitaker’s love for the profession began when she attended her grandmother’s funeral at 13. She admired how lifelike her grandmother looked in the casket and thought she could someday master makeup for the deceased. She was working at a funeral home where the father of one of Calvin’s friends was laid out. He came to pay his final respects when Chris caught his eye. He offered her a job working with him to collect and deliver bodies to the city’s morgue. Three months after they met, they got married at a funeral home. That was 10 years ago. Though they were inspired to go into the death business when they were young, the Whitakers have taken a different approach to the career than their mentors. There are neatly pressed shirts and black suits in Calvin’s closet, b *** Local Cap
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DUK10079768_006
FEATURE - Elvisimitator ist auch ein Bestatter
October 31, 2016 - St. Louis, Missouri, United States: Trick or treaters make their choices at a coffin filled with candy at a Halloween party outside Michel Funeral Home on Oct. 31, 2016. Chris and Calvin Whitaker restored their 70-year-old Michel Funeral Home, first run by Howard and Evelyn Michel, and have held neighborhood events since reopening. Since 1992, Calvin Whitaker has been called to the aftermath of some of the city’s most violent acts to takes bodies to the morgue after police is called: suicides, natural deaths, overdoses and homicides. Among his more notable transports are the body of Michael Brown, killed in a police shooting in Ferguson, as well as a woman who died of an overdose at the August Busch IV home. He also help causes he believes in: burial of homeless veterans, exhumation of an unidentified murdered child’s remains for forensic analysis, restoration of an overgrown cemetery. About a year ago, Whitaker and his wife, fellow funeral director Chris Whitaker, 38, moved to St. Louis in a house that was for 70 years a funeral home. They fixed it up and are open for business. The funeral home was open to the public for their second annual Halloween party. Chris Whitaker’s love for the profession began when she attended her grandmother’s funeral at 13. She admired how lifelike her grandmother looked in the casket and thought she could someday master makeup for the deceased. She was working at a funeral home where the father of one of Calvin’s friends was laid out. He came to pay his final respects when Chris caught his eye. He offered her a job working with him to collect and deliver bodies to the city’s morgue. Three months after they met, they got married at a funeral home. That was 10 years ago. Though they were inspired to go into the death business when they were young, the Whitakers have taken a different approach to the career than their mentors. There are neatly pressed shirts and black suits in Calvin’s closet, but they ha *** Local Cap
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DUK10079768_005
FEATURE - Elvisimitator ist auch ein Bestatter
October 31, 2016 - St. Louis, Missouri, United States: Chris Whitaker welcomes trick or treaters to her coffin filled with candy at a Halloween party outside Michel Funeral Home on Oct. 31, 2016. Chris and her husband Calvin have restored their 70-year-old Michel Funeral Home first run by Howard and Evelyn Michel. Since 1992, Calvin Whitaker has been called to the aftermath of some of the city’s most violent acts to takes bodies to the morgue after police is called: suicides, natural deaths, overdoses and homicides. Among his more notable transports are the body of Michael Brown, killed in a police shooting in Ferguson, as well as a woman who died of an overdose at the August Busch IV home. He also help causes he believes in: burial of homeless veterans, exhumation of an unidentified murdered child’s remains for forensic analysis, restoration of an overgrown cemetery. About a year ago, Whitaker and his wife, fellow funeral director Chris Whitaker, 38, moved to St. Louis in a house that was for 70 years a funeral home. They fixed it up and are open for business. The funeral home was open to the public for their second annual Halloween party. Chris Whitaker’s love for the profession began when she attended her grandmother’s funeral at 13. She admired how lifelike her grandmother looked in the casket and thought she could someday master makeup for the deceased. She was working at a funeral home where the father of one of Calvin’s friends was laid out. He came to pay his final respects when Chris caught his eye. He offered her a job working with him to collect and deliver bodies to the city’s morgue. Three months after they met, they got married at a funeral home. That was 10 years ago. Though they were inspired to go into the death business when they were young, the Whitakers have taken a different approach to the career than their mentors. There are neatly pressed shirts and black suits in Calvin’s closet, but they hang alongside equally meticulously mai *** Local Cap
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