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In this Tuesday, May 15, 2018 photo, Lance Angstman brushes the hair of a client at Mitchell Family Funeral Home, in Mitchellville, Iowa. Angstman knew he wanted to be a funeral director since he was 11 years old. At 17 he got his first job at a funeral home and, at 27, he is a funeral director at Mitchell Family Funeral Home. (Brian Powers/The Des Moines Register via AP)

Funeral directors becoming more difficult to find in Iowa

By DANNY LAWHON - Associated Press

ADVANCE FOR SATURDAY AUG 5 AND THEREAFTER - Marty Mitchell of Mitchell Family Funeral recently established the Iowa Funeral Home Museum and Education Center in Marshalltown, Iowa. The space showcases his sizable collection of mortuary artifacts. In the span of 30 years, the mortician has amassed a collection of over 5,000 items, ranging from antique caskets and coffins, hearses, embalming equipment, mourning wreaths made from human hair, wrappings from mummies, old photographs, product samples and more. (Sara Jordan-Heintz/The Times-Republican via AP)

Mortician opens funeral home museum in Iowa

By SARA JORDAN-HEINTZ - Associated Press