Blowin' Smoke

Blowin’ Smoke takes readers behind the doors of the crematory and into the heart of the funeral profession, where fire, faith, grief, history, and human dignity meet. Drawing from personal experience as a funeral director and crematory operator, Benjamin A. Saunders explores the rise of cremation through real stories, cultural traditions, religious questions, historical turning points, and lessons learned while caring for the dead and serving the living.

From the quiet transf…