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Afternoon Edition: “Get to Know Them” – Bob Heidlage

By Funeral Director Daily / September 24, 2020 /

Today’s “Get to Know Them” article features Bob Heidlage of Global Recruiters of Cincinnati..  I know Bob only from his kind comments that he passed on to me about his daily reading of Funeral Director Daily.  From those comments I wanted to know more about him and his link to the death care profession.  From…

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Afternoon Edition: News you can use

By Funeral Director Daily / September 9, 2020 /

In today’s Afternoon Edition we bring you information from some of our colleagues in the death care industry.  We have news from the National Funeral Directors Association about their upcoming national convention as well as three new podcasts from them that you might find interesting.  We also have news from some of our business associates…

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Are you ready for 2021. . . ready, set, Buy!

By Funeral Director Daily / September 9, 2020 /

Over the years I’ve moved from really long-range planning about my business to a method where I plan for shorter durations.  I think my move has coincided with many who have went from developing long range “strategic” plans to plans that are shorter in duration, less set in stone, and allow a business to be…

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Afternoon Edition: Cemetery re-imagination and more

By Funeral Director Daily / September 4, 2020 /

As we post our final Afternoon Edition before the Labor Day holiday we do so with some articles that are heavily weighted to the cemetery side of the death care profession.  In today’s News from the World of Death Care we bring you an article from “The Conversation” that deals with how the cemetery could…

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Afternoon Edition: New hires, webinar information, press releases and death care news

By Funeral Director Daily / September 3, 2020 /

Our popular Afternoon Edition is back in circulation after being out of touch for a couple of weeks due to some of the technical difficulties we encountered at Funeral Director Daily.  Today we will bring you some news of who’s been hired in the industry and some information from our friends at Clifton Larson Allen…

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Security National has bang-up quarter, Memorial segment grows

By Funeral Director Daily / August 21, 2020 /

Security National Financial Corporation (SNFC) is a diverse, but integrated company.  They are diverse in that they have three distinct segments – Mortgages, Life Insurance, and Cemeteries/Mortuaries – under their umbrella.  They are an integrated company in that all segments report together to bring a bottom line to the company. And, the integration was good…

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Is the Demographer the most important person in the corporate funeral office complex

By Funeral Director Daily / August 18, 2020 /

I was talking to a colleague about a recent funeral home acquisition and asking what he thought of the transaction.  His comment startled me in that he said, “I hope they didn’t pay too much because no one dies in that community anymore.”  His implication was that the community we were discussing has became known…

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StoneMor, Inc. reports 2nd Quarter 2020. . comment on going private emerges

By Funeral Director Daily / August 17, 2020 /

When Joe Redling was appointed CEO of StoneMor, Inc. the company was in fast decline, revenues were washing away, and losses were mounting.  That was June of 2018, only two years ago, and now, although far from being in the clear and a profit machine, there is hope at the end of the tunnel. StoneMor,…

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Weekend edition: Kenya mortician, Idaho’s first Veterans’ Cemetery, the oldest cremation, and more

By Funeral Director Daily / August 14, 2020 /

Another summer week has passed here in Minnesota and I’m already starting to think about not playing golf and just getting out to the fish house on a frozen lake.  Well, while I ponder that unwelcome turn of events to come, I will give you some great articles to read and ponder on over the…

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Afternoon edition: How COVID is changing funeral services, death in a Columbian cemetery, and more

By Funeral Director Daily / August 13, 2020 /

There is no doubt that COVID-19 and the rules around social distancing are causing funeral homes and cemeteries to do the tasks required of them differently.  Today we share some of those subtleties and not so subtle aspects from Australia and America’s west coast funeral homes. We also have a story on how the disease…

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