That sounds like a decent business. I wonder what the start-up costs are. You probably have to have some kind of a license and it's regulated heavily. Government takes the fun out of everything. Man that's a great business model...a furnace, a rented building, a van, gas bill and a never-ending pipeline of sales. I can be somber. I may have a very soothing presence for all I know. Stray cats seem to think so.
We had a Sicilian funeral director in our extended family - You wouldn't believe the shit that guy got away with. They must have tightened that up.
I saw an episode of that cop show with Vincent D'onofrio where Jim Gaffigan was charging for cremations and throwing the bodies in a hole.