death care
The American economy keeps spending, yet we hear that families are getting squeezed by the combination of high prices and high interest rates. We also hear that high interest rates don’t seem to be stopping the consumer which in turn would put a turn-down on the economy making a reason for lowering interest…
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A week ago today I woke up to the news of the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore Harbor. It wasn’t so long ago that I was in Baltimore for the National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) convention in October 2022. I was in awe of being in proximity to…
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The American stock market closed on Thursday, March 28, 2024, for the last time in the calendar of the 2024 First Quarter. If you look at the results so far for the overall market for these first 3 months you would have to say that the results of the 1st Quarter as to the…
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We are blessed to live in a country which allows for religious freedom. And, when you work as a funeral director helping those who have lost loved ones to death, it’s a privilege to help even when those client families don’t believe as you do. However, have you ever thought about…
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What happens when deceased human remains remain unclaimed? In the Canadian provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador that situation is causing a problem. According to this article there is no easy solution on the human disposition of deceased human beings who are either unidentified or in a situation that the family does not claim…
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I was reminded this week that many times “Discretion is the choice over Valor”. In writing today’s column, which will eventually get down to the Death Care business, I’m going to share a little of my weekend and how I came to write this for today. If you read Funeral Director Daily…
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While I was researching this morning’s article on the most recent financial performance of Propel Funeral Partners I was made aware that the people of Seeking Alpha had written some opinion pieces on North American Death Care companies within the past month. Without any opinion or other action I present them to the…
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The growth of Propel Funeral Partners of Australia and New Zealand is apparent when you look at the company’s financial report covering the 1st-Half of 2024, ending on December 31, 2023. In looking at the report you will see that, what is now believed to be the South Pacific’s largest “publicly-held” death care…
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We learned of an upcoming webinar that will feature Death Care experts Ryan Thogmartin and John Heald. Legacy.com’s Heald will be joined by Connecting Directors’ Thogmartin and they will discuss how to unwrap the features of Legacy.com for your funeral home. Among other things you can expect to learn you will learn:…
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Kansas United States Senator Jerry Moran recently testified at a United States Senate Veterans Affairs Committee meeting that “When mourning a death the last thing a grieving family needs is some bureaucratic hurdle or some substandard support.” That comment came in response to the information provided, according to this article, that “there…
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