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In today’s afternoon edition of Funeral Director Daily we bring you some of the best and worst of the funeral home and cemetery professions as well as an interesting article on the Burial Mounds of Tonga. N’West Iowa funeral homes noted for service. nwestiowa.com (IA) Former Brownstown, Indiana, funeral home owner admits to stealing more…
Read MoreIn today’s Funeral Director Daily “Afternoon Extra” we have information on a new product called “Reflect by OneDay” which is designed for the funeral industry. The product collects digital memories from friends and family of a loved one’s life and and then bands them together into a crowdsourced video reflection of that person’s life. We…
Read MoreToday we bring you an interesting article from a woman who talks about being in “Death Tech”. The article entitled “Confronting Life and Death in the Digital Age” deals with idea that “connection” is important. However, the article opines that “connection” from technology can be excellent for social support. . . but just because “it…
Read MoreAs we head into this Father’s Day weekend we share some information on a webinar for NFDA members next week, an article from Smithsonian Magazine dealing with a lost African American cemetery discovered under a development in Florida, and some perspective from Caleb Wilde entitled “12 things my Father taught me about being a funeral…
Read MoreIn our afternoon update for today in the world of Death Care we bring you artcles that include StoneMor, Inc.’s decision to reject an offer from Axar Capital to purchase all of the outstanding shares of StoneMor and take the company private. Funeral Director Daily had earlier reported on this potential development in May in…
Read MoreIn today’s afternoon snapshot we have lots of news from around the world. In the United States, among other stories, we found a news investigation on StoneMor and some of their cemetery properties in West Virginia. We found an article and link to a webinar being produced by an Illinois family funeral home, and we…
Read MoreToday we bring you news that includes articles on how our colleagues in the florist business have fared and kept above water during the coronavirus pandemic. We also bring you an article on how the use of crematoriums in the Wuhan province of China does not seem to correspond with the numbers that were being…
Read MoreToday we bring you a couple of articles that we came across this morning that may be of interest to you. The first is the third installment of CNET’s (CBS Interactive) continuing series entitled “The Future of Funerals”. Today’s episode deals with alkaline hydrolysis and CNET titles the article “The misunderstood funeral tech that is…
Read MoreIf you have read my blog for any length of time you will know that I love holidays. I love the religious holidays like Christmas and Easter and look forward to those days for what they mean to my spiritual life. I also love those days because several years ago I took it upon myself…
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