A mortuary is a building or a room in a hospital where dead bodies are kept before they are buried or cremated, or before they are identified or examined. = morgue. connected with death or funerals
It seems to have been originally a voluntary bequest or donation, intended to make amends for any failure in the payment of tithes of which the deceased had been guilty
A licensed business, regulated by the State Department of Health, which provides for the care, planning, and preparation for final disposition or transportation of human remains Services generally include the arranging and conducting of funeral and memorial services, embalming and cosmetic restoration, sale of caskets, urns and other funeral merchandise