Cemetery
Getting an exhumation, once you have the proper paperwork in order would not seem like such a big deal. As a funeral director I have supervised about a dozen of them over the years. I never really liked them. . . all were done to simply move the vault from one cemetery to another or…
Read MoreThis is an interesting news story because it seems so many times we have published stories about cemeteries asking to be taken over by cities or other municipal agencies because they could no longer make a profit. We noticed this story, that you can read here, about the City of Glendale, Arizona, planning to sell…
Read MoreAt Funeral Director Daily we have harped continuously about some of the problems plaguing many cemeteries in this day of fewer casketed interments and less top-line revenue coming into the cemetery coffers. We’ve pointed out that at some point in the not so distant future many cemeteries will not be able to afford their own…
Read MoreAn article in Pennsylvania’s Morning Call that you can read here gave an indication that two historical and prominent cemeteries in Easton, Pennsylvania, are on the verge of merging together to save costs, simply to survive economic hardships. Easton Cemetery, a 90 acre cemetery that has been open for 170 years and Easton Heights Cemetery,…
Read MoreIt seems like this medium is many times writing about the need for more permanent memorialization options to be available for our death care consumers. It also seems like we spend a lot of time writing about new start-ups in the death care profession that are hoping to catch the new wave of consumer thinking. …
Read MoreTo those of us who live in storied towns and communities that have been around since the before the Revolutionary War in the East and the westward land rush in the Midwest the title of this article may seem odd. Historical communities have cemeteries. . . even cemeteries that are filled with no more space…
Read MoreOne of the things that we have noticed in our two years of searching for articles on the funeral and cemetery professions is that there seems to be no shortage of articles about cemeteries which have been around for a long time but are now, for the first time, experiencing numbing financial stress. We bring…
Read MoreWe’ve advocated that one of the issues that funeral homes have to overcome to continue to serve the needs of families in need is to emphasize the fact the “Permanent Memorialization” matters. By that we mean that cremated remains cannot just be left in a closet or left at the funeral home unclaimed. They need…
Read MoreThe headline is not exactly what they say about the opera, but in these politically correct times, you understand what I am saying. I’ll admit that I am pretty ignorant about the world of opera, but this week, if you have ever worked in the funeral or cemetery profession you would be interested in where…
Read More“Past Lives Matter” is but one of dozens of signs that were placed in the Rest Haven Cemetery in Avon, Ohio, this past weekend. You can read about and see a news video here of the issues with that cemetery that have family members of people buried there upset. The cause that is upsetting relatives…
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