Mourning work

(This article is reprinted from the Boston Globe)

There's a new age in the funeral business as undertaking is seen as a fulfilling career change

Glenn D. Burlamachi decided five years ago to leave the electrical contracting business he co-founded and ran in Tewksbury for twelve years to go into funeral services. He is now the director and owner of MacRae-Tunnicliffe's Concord Funeral Home. (Globe Staff Photo / Michele McDonald)

By Susan Chaityn Lebovits, Globe Correspondent | July 24, 2006

When Glenn Burlamachi vacations with his wife and two children, they take two cars. At dinner, he never has more than one glass of wine. ``Would you want me to take your loved one away with alcohol on my breath?" he asks. Burlamachi, a certified public accountant who will turn 40 next month, became the director and owner of MacRae-Tunnicliffe's Concord Funeral Home two years ago. After graduating from the FINE Mortuary College in Norwood, he gave up his electrical contracting business. ``We built huge gorgeous commercial structures, but it was a thankless job," he said. ``I can now bring someone through my front door at the lowest point in their life and help them."

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