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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Rikki Loftus

‘I got my dream job as a coffin bearer — people think it’s strange but I can’t wait become an embalmer’

PA

A part-time coffin bearer receiving “girl power” compliments at funerals after discovering her unlikely dream career said she hopes to become an embalmer despite her father’s initial concern.

Jasmin Thompson, from Darlington, County Durham, had planned to go into forensic work for the police after studying forensic psychology at university, but after picking up part-time work with Co-op Funeralcare, she now plans a career in the funeral sector.

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