Dressed all in black, his fingers laced in front, Manny Martinez walked through his new funeral home to a large room filled with rows of empty chairs and photographs of a smiling young man, each set on an easel.
“When the visitation takes place tomorrow, the people will be ushered in here first — so they can know who Daniel was,” Martinez said in the hushed tones of a man who has overseen thousands of funerals during his 30 years in the business.
