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undertaker

un·der·tak·er (plural un·der·tak·ers)


noun 
Definition:
 
1.  [ ùndər táykər ] somebody who sets about something: somebody who sets about doing a task

2.  [ úndər tàykər ] Canada somebody who arranges funerals: somebody whose profession is to prepare the dead for burial or cremation and to arrange funerals.
U.S. term  funeral director


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