SEND-OFF WITH A SMILE Putting the fun in funerals
Nov 15, 2020
3 minutes
Karyn Henger
When Martha-Louise Asmus washes her hearse, she gets mixed reactions from passersby. While some happily chat to her, others cross the road. “Don’t talk to her. You know what she does,” one woman hissed at her partner when he said hello.
“Some people are really scared of death,” deduces Martha-Louise. “But it comes to all of us.”
The 62-year-old runs Manning Funerals, a boutique funeral cottage based in Parnell, Auckland, that offers natural services as an alternative to embalming. Unlike
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