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Three funeral directors, three stories, three ambassadors to the profession

By Funeral Director Daily / August 30, 2022 /

Funeral directors come with all kinds of interests and backgrounds.  What makes them so interesting is the diverse backgrounds, cultures, and interests that are found among them. But the good ones all have the commonality of becoming ambassadors for the profession simply by plying their trade to humanity. Today, Funeral Director Daily tells you about…

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Forbes writer advocates for Batesville spin-off from Hillenbrand

By Funeral Director Daily / August 25, 2022 /

Earlier this summer we brought you this article which brought information that parent company Hillenbrand Industries was contemplating “strategic alternatives” for its Batesville division.  Last week Forbes contributing writer Jim Osman expressed in this article his opinion that the Batesville division should be “spun-off” from Hillenbrand in order to unlock “shareholder value”. Osman contends that…

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Does the Wal-Mart effect affect Death Care?

By Funeral Director Daily / August 18, 2022 /

There has been some indications, and a lot of hope, that the inflation that we have is starting to subside.  While we are now in the 3rd Quarter of 2022, Wal-Mart recently posted their results for the 2nd Quarter of the year. To be honest, Wal-Mart’s profit reached $5.15 billion for the quarter which beat…

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WNBA Superstar: From the hardcourt to the prep room

By Funeral Director Daily / August 16, 2022 /

It isn’t very often when you hear of a bona-fide superstar in their athletic field that just can’t seem to wait for the next chapter of their life to start.  However, that is where WNBA superstar Sylvia Fowles finds herself as she has counted down the last weeks and days of her 15-year WNBA career. …

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“Managing thru it”

By Funeral Director Daily / August 11, 2022 /

I was proof reading an article for Funeral Director Daily the other day and an odd thought hit me.  I operated and managed our family owned funeral home for over 33 years and every day I went to work I did what had to be done and made many decisions.  From time to time I…

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Is Great Britain the proverbial “canary in the coal mine” for future U.S. death care purchases?

By Funeral Director Daily / August 10, 2022 /

This recent public relations press release indicating that a shift in attitudes of people in Great Britain about how people want to “Say Goodbye” to their loved ones makes one wonder if that shift will find its way across the Atlantic Ocean to the United States. One report found that “sales of direct cremation plans…

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Natural burial plans growing in popularity

By Funeral Director Daily / August 9, 2022 /

The Choice Mutual annual survey on American burial preferences, that you can access here, has been released and it shows that preference for Natural Burial dispositions has grown since the 2020 survey while the preference for traditional services and cremation has declined.  To be sure, Natural Burial only shows a preference of 10% of the…

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Thinking outside the box on acquisitions

By Funeral Director Daily / August 5, 2022 /

I recently came across this article from the Dayton (Ohio) Daily News.  The article told the story of the Routsong Funeral Home acquiring the Morris Sons “funeral business” of the same community.  What was interesting was that the article told of the Routsong Funeral Home “picking up (the) pre-funded funeral service arrangements for an additional…

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The funeral home as the “Heart of the Community”

By Funeral Director Daily / August 3, 2022 /

As I research articles for Funeral Director Daily I come across lots of local newspaper articles dealing with anniversary years of funeral homes.  The vast majority are from small town newspapers and tell of the longevity of many of these family owned firms. Last week I found this article from the Herald-Dispatch of Huntington, West…

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Creating “Gathering Time” may be the secret

By Funeral Director Daily / August 2, 2022 /

Probably the biggest value for me in blogging with Funeral Director Daily is the people I have been able to correspond with that I would have never got to know without the blog.  I’ve got lots of new friends who I have never met — almost 3,000 regular readers — many who correspond with me…

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