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$5 footlongs . . . . and $695 cremations

By Funeral Director Daily / March 9, 2021 /

Last week we commented on an article from funeral industry veteran Doug Gober.  That article encapsulated where Mr. Gober saw the investment money going in the death care industry.  We think Gober was right on in his assessment, but one of his insights . . . . .that of “the best way to add value…

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The importance of permanent memorialization

By Funeral Director Daily / February 25, 2021 /

The pyramids in Egypt were built to give permanent memorialization to the rulers of that land.  The tomb of the 13th Disciple to Christ, Matthias, can be seen to give credence to his life.  George Washington, known by many as the Father of America has a burial site at his Mount Vernon home. However, there…

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Weekend Edition. . . .News you can use

By Funeral Director Daily / January 15, 2021 /

As we head into the weekend I’m clearing off my desk and have some information from some of our favorite friends at Clifton Larson Allen, Roosevelt Investments, and the National Funeral Directors Association that may be of interest to you.  In addition, I’m throwing a couple of articles out there that are not necessarily death…

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Vale Cemetery receives ACE Award

By Funeral Director Daily / December 22, 2020 /

Vale Cemetery of Schenectady, New York, was recently given the American Cemetery Excellence Award (ACE Award) as presented by American Cemetery and Cremation magazine.  While the magazine calls it the ACE Award, I like to just refer to it as the “Cemetery of the Year” award because the magazine awards only one cemetery annually. According…

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The perception of our integrity

By Funeral Director Daily / December 15, 2020 /

“Where have you gone Joe DiMaggio”.  Those were the lyrics of the Simon and Garfunkel song “Mrs. Robinson” released in 1968.  The country was in the summer of a presidential election and was mired in a controversial war in Viet Nam at the time.  The lyrics harkened back to a simple time in America. I…

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News you can use: PPE procurement, CEU’s, the BRAVE act. . . and more

By Funeral Director Daily / December 14, 2020 /

In today’s Afternoon Edition of Funeral Director Daily you will find that most of our linked stories deal with funeral homes and their handling of the COVID-19 situation.  We are also taking today to catch up with some items that you should be aware of in terms of PPE procurement, a webinar brought to us…

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Weekend Edition. . . milestones, cleaning off the desk. . .some information for our readers

By Funeral Director Daily / December 4, 2020 /
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I’m not a bah, humbug type of guy. . . .I actually love the holidays. . .all of them.  However, shopping for a Christmas tree, dragging it home, and getting it set up is not one of my favorite things to do.  I should be grateful because Angie does all the hard work like decorating…

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Potential COVID surge has states thinking death care, state budget surprises

By Funeral Director Daily / December 3, 2020 /

Last week you could not turn on the news without hearing of the potential for the COVID-19 virus to spread rapidly because of Thanksgiving and other upcoming holiday travel.  We found a couple of articles pertaining to states and how they may handle the number of deceased bodies that may come with that potential surge.…

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Heading into the weekend . . . .

By Funeral Director Daily / November 20, 2020 /

It’s Friday and we are heading into the weekend preceding the Thanksgiving holiday.  With all of the death care companies reporting earnings reports in the last couple of weeks and our coverage of those we have a few articles that we feel our readers should have access to, yet we are not able to feature…

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Lessons learned from growing up as an FDK (Funeral Director’s Kid)

By Funeral Director Daily / November 19, 2020 /

This article will be published on Friday morning because I figure it won’t be real business like, but it will be something that the reader can carry into the weekend.  Lots of people talk about PK’s – Preacher’s Kids – but there is another group of us who grew up in a funeral home or…

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