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Commonwealth Institute Of Funeral Service

School Overview:

School Notes:

• The Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service is a vocational, post secondary teaching institution with its primary purpose being to educate individuals interested in the subjects comprising the mortuary arts and sciences curriculum as set out by the American Board of Funeral Service Education for licensure and a career in funeral service, embalming, or both.
• In 1936 Mr. R. Victor Landig accepted this challenge and opened the Landig College of Mortuary Science in Houston , Texas . The Landig College of Mortuary Science immediately became recognized as one of the leading and most respected colleges of Mortuary Science in the United States. In 1955 Mr. Landig had plans to move his college to Commonwealth Street located in downtown Houston, however personal health problems stopped Mr. Landig's plan of a new school on Commonwealth Street, however the new name was retained, the Commonwealth College of Science.
• Commonwealth Institute begins with a state-of-the-art learning facility, which includes preparation facilities for practical technical training. Our unique affiliation with Baylor College of Medicine, the University of Texas Medical School, and Harris County Department of Social Services allow students participation in over 1000 annual “real-life” funeral service experiences.
• Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service offers the Associate of Applied Science Degree in Funeral Service, General Education Courses and Certificate in Funeral Directing.
• Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service is accredited by the American Board of Funeral Service Education, a specialized accrediting agency recognized by the Council of Recognition of Post Secondary Accreditation and the U.S. Office of Education.
• Profile last updated: 08/22/2008.

In the News:

• Mix-up suspected in Houston cremation (The Bryan-College Station Eagle)
  posted on April 3, 2009 at 12:49:53 pm
  HOUSTON -- A funeral home that handles indigent burials apparently cremated the body of a man whose family had requested a viewing and sent a woman's body to be embalmed instead, prompting an investigation. The mix-up was discovered after a mortua ...
• Wrong man cremated at funeral home (KLTV 7 Tyler)
  posted on April 2, 2009 at 05:55:02 pm
  A Houston funeral home that handles indigent burials apparently cremated the body of a man whose family had requested a viewing.
• Wrong man cremated at Houston funeral home (11 News Houston)
  posted on April 2, 2009 at 01:30:26 pm
  A funeral home that handles indigent burials apparently cremated the body of a man whose family had requested a viewing and sent a woman’s body to be embalmed instead, prompting an investigation.
• Wrong man cremated (KVII 7 Amarillo)
  posted on April 2, 2009 at 12:24:35 pm
  A Houston funeral home that handles indigent burials apparently cremated the body of a man whose family had requested a viewing and sent a woman's body to be embalmed instead, prompting an investigation.
• Wrong man cremated at Texas funeral home (WOAI San Antonio)
  posted on April 2, 2009 at 12:09:00 pm
  A Houston funeral home that handles indigent burials apparently cremated the body of a man whose family had requested a viewing and sent a woman's body to be embalmed instead,...

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