Ashby Funeral Home

Monday, Oct. 8, at Dyer Funeral Home. Burial will be in Judd Cemetery, in the Holladay community.The family will receive friends at the funeral home Sunday, Oct. 7, from 5-8 p.m., and Monday, Oct. 8, from 9 a.m. until service time at 11 a.m.Mrs.Ashby passed away Oct. 3, 2018, in an auto accident.Dyer Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements, 526-7158. ...

Nail. Gomez said they will flip the cadaver in the tank, where they keep them, to dissect. Deandra Gonzalez Coordinators will approve room designs for the funeral home at a new location.By Rogelio Escamillasac-ranger@alamo.eduThe mortuary science program has changed the location of the proposed funeral home from the Ashby House to the early childhood studies location next door because of cost and building limitations.The funeral home completion date and projected cost are unknown because of this change, mortuary science Coordinator Jose Luis Moreno said Sept. 17 in an interview. “We are still in the dreaming phase,” Moreno said. “We haven’t discussed money yet. With big dreams, comes lots of challenges. I think we are happy with the progress that we are making.”Moreno said a community college operating a funeral home is “very unusual.”“There are some mortuary science programs that embalm for local funeral homes,” Moreno said. “To my knowledge, I don’t think there is another mortuary science program with a funeral home on campus in the United States.”The funeral home would ideally offer the same services as a local funeral home, Moreno said.This includes traditional services, cremation services and donated body processing.Traditional services usually involve a visitation, an evening service, a trip to the church and then a cemetery.“Of course, we have limitations,” Moreno said. “We will need vehicles. As of right now we have a minivan that works as a hearse. Later on, we might need to rent, lease or buy our own.”Moreno also said the funeral home would give mortuary science students the experience they need for their careers after college.“It will benefit our students,” Moreno said. “They will practice. They will have marketable skills and the confidence that is needed to go out into any funeral home.”The early childhood studies program and child-care center are expected to move to a new building complex to be constructed on the site ...