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“See No Fees” looks to funeral industry for growth

By Funeral Director Daily / March 15, 2024 /

    If you are an independent funeral home owner you know it is not all about just being a great funeral director and/or embalmer anymore. You need to be a solid business-person and understand how the revenue you take in for your services moves to the bottom line as profits without getting gobbled up…

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Will Prelude be the product?

By Funeral Director Daily / March 8, 2024 /

      I’m always searching the web for things that might be tied in to the funeral/cremation or greater Death Care business world.  Just the other day I came across a website for a company in the preneed arena which has a home page that states, “The Promise of Preneed“.   The company is…

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Who will be the “Disruptive Force” in Death Care?

By Funeral Director Daily / February 28, 2024 /

    About a month ago I read this article from Yahoo Finance titled, “Retail employees are working fewer hours.  Here’s why that is a risk to the economy”.  While the article was good and informative in its own right a portion near the end caught my eye and I related it to Death Care.…

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Mortuary Education: It’s our future and needs to be relevant

By Funeral Director Daily / February 27, 2024 /

    In this recent article from the student operated  Minnesota Daily (University of Minnesota) the Director of the Mortuary Science program Michael LuBrant says this, “Really, it’s a form of health care. It’s serving families, deceased individuals and people at the end of the life cycle. . . . “   LuBrant explains that…

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A glimpse into the world of Natural Organic Reduction at Recompose

By Funeral Director Daily / February 20, 2024 /

    Today, I’m going to spare you my writing and editorial viewpoints and just bring you a 6-minute news video put out by Cascade Public Broadcasting.  It’s an excellent story on the growing trend of Natural Organic Reduction or NOR.   I’m very familiar with Katrina Spade and her venture into the world of…

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Is an Alaskan seminar in your future?

By Funeral Director Daily / February 14, 2024 /

    “Three Days, 12 Credits, and 1 Unforgettable Experience”.   That’s how a unique Death Care seminar is being presented.   It’s not everyday that a Death Care seminar with great speakers is held in Alaska.  As a matter of fact, this is the first one that I can recall.   Here’s some information from…

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My Prediction: Get ready to add mandatory online pricing

By Funeral Director Daily / February 7, 2024 /

    When the New York Times starts writing articles that include thoughts on the Federal Trade Commission’s “Funeral Rule” I think it is time to say that the issue has caught some attention.   My wife and I spend the months of January, February, and March in a rented condo in South Florida and…

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Matthews International and the “Call to the Hall”

By Funeral Director Daily / February 2, 2024 /

  I’m a baseball fan and if you are a baseball player there is nothing so crowning to one’s career as what is termed as the “Call to The Hall”.  That phrase is known in baseball circles as what happens when an incredible talented player, coach, or other baseball executive is notified by the Baseball…

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Will “Living Funerals” or FUN-erals take off in society?

By Funeral Director Daily / January 31, 2024 /

  So, I was raised in an era where you could have any type of funeral service you wanted  —  as long as it consisted of embalming, a visitation, a church funeral service, and ended with a traditional burial in a cemetery.  As a 4th generation funeral director, beginning my job in 1980, I’m guessing…

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Crowne Vault has a product for monument delays

By Funeral Director Daily / January 30, 2024 /

    I was watching the news the other day and it struck me that the issues going on in the Middle East could again cause some of the “Supply Chain” issues that we found in our businesses across America back in 2021 and 2022.  Among those issues in the Death Care business was the…

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