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You should read this!
https://www.amazon.com/Undertaking-Life-Studies-Dismal-Trade/dp/0393334872
Aw man, sorry to hear that. Mine's 80 next year and still going strong (cycled 40 miles the other day).
If you haven't read it, I suggest you read The Undertaking:
"Embalming my father, I was reminded of how we bury our dead and then become them," - Thomas Lynch
It has many beautiful essays on the tragedies of death and how the living work through them.
As other have said, Ralph Klicker writes the books on Funeral Service. Those are mostly textbooks.
If you are looking for something like "tales of funeral service" then I would suggest Thomas Lynch.
Also, Youtube's "Ask a Mortician", Caitlin Doughty has written a few books. Theres probably a few other worthwhile mentions that I cant think of right now.
Theres tons of grief books out there that while they are not directly related to funeral service, they are a good background to what you are getting yourself into. Like "Living with Grief" for example.