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FEATURE - Elvisimitator ist auch ein Bestatter
August 8, 2017 - St. Louis, Missouri, United States: Chris Whitaker (right) embraces Betty Beard, the widow of John Beard, before a short service for the homeless Vietnam veteran at Michel Funeral Home on The Hill on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017. Beard died in July from brain and lung cancer. Chris and her husband Calvin donated the funeral home's services. 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_019
FEATURE - Elvisimitator ist auch ein Bestatter
August 8, 2017 - St. Louis, Missouri, United States: Mourners, including KQQZ radio talk show host Bob Romanik (right), enter Michel Funeral Home for a service for homeless Vietnam veteran John Beard on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017 on The Hill. Beard died in July from brain and lung cancer. 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 maintained Elvis jumpsuits, feathe *** Local Cap
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DUK10079768_018
FEATURE - Elvisimitator ist auch ein Bestatter
August 8, 2017 - St. Louis, Missouri, United States: Rich Hogan of the Amvets Mo. Chapter 1 Riders, sits with Betty Beard, the widow of John Beard, at a short service for the homeless Vietnam veteran at Michel Funeral Home on The Hill on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017. Beard died July from brain and lung cancer. His funeral was donated by Calvin and Chris Whitaker, owners of the funeral home. 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 *** Local C
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DUK10079768_015
FEATURE - Elvisimitator ist auch ein Bestatter
August 8, 2017 - St. Louis, Missouri, United States: As mourners gather at Michel Funeral Home for services for a homeless Vietnam veteran, Pietro DiMartino cuts the hair of Bill Sergeant across Southwest Avenue on The Hill on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017. Calvin and Chris Whitaker restored and renovated the dilapidated 70-year-old funeral home, bringing the business back to life. 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 *** Local C
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DUK10079768_014
FEATURE - Elvisimitator ist auch ein Bestatter
August 8, 2017 - St. Louis, Missouri, United States: The cremains of homeless Vietnam veteran John Beard are carried by Calvin Whitaker for transportation to Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017. Beard, a homeless Vietnam veteran, died in July from brain and lung cancer. 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 maintained Elvis jumps *** Local Cap
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DUK10079768_013
FEATURE - Elvisimitator ist auch ein Bestatter
August 8, 2017 - St. Louis, Missouri, United States: Calvin Whitaker leads motorcycle riders from various organizations, including the Patriot Guard and AMVETS Missouri Chapter 1, head south on Hampton Avenue en route to Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017, escorting the cremains of Vietnam veteran John Beard. Beard died in July from brain and lung cancer. 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 i *** Local C
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DUK10079768_012
FEATURE - Elvisimitator ist auch ein Bestatter
August 8, 2017 - St. Louis, Missouri, United States: An emotional Calvin Whitaker visits with Betty Beard, the widow of homeless Vietnam veteran John Beard, following burial services with full military honors for Beard at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017. Beard died in July from brain and lung cancer. His funeral was donated by Calvin and Chris (left) Whitaker, owners of Michel Funeral Home. 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 *** Local C
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