I had a neighbour friend who was not a mortician but embalmed his own wife.

Heck yeah!! I used to know quite a bit about jw from the exjw subreddit but it's been years since i frequented it. Now i just know there are a lot of similarities

Used to be seventh day Adventist. I hear jehovas witness branched out from that originally.

Thanks! I'm mostly healed these days. It's been a over half a lifetime and I'm just glad I got out when i did. Hope the same for you and your family