death care
It’s probably appropriate that this article will appear in Funeral Director Daily on a Friday. It’s on weekends, at least it was for me, that many funeral directors feel overworked and neglected. It’s probably because most funeral homes are short-staffed on weekends and those on duty miss many family activities that take place on weekends…
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One of the things that happened at the end of 2022 is that New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed a bill into law that permits the State of New York to add Natural Organic Reduction (NOR), sometimes referred to as “human composting”, to the list of legal human remains dispositions. According to this article…
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It’s inevitable that regulations by government agencies are necessary in a civilized society. Sometimes, however, when you own and operate a business it seems like you don’t want to take a step in any direction simply because you think that step may be against some type of regulation. At least, that’s the way that…
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It will come as no surprise to any of you who pay attention to the investments in your 401k or IRA accounts, but the Funeral Director Daily Death Care Index (DCI) took a step backwards in monetary value during the calendar year 2022. The DCI now measures five companies with a business component in…
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Last Friday I printed a story about five trends or happenings that I saw in calendar year 2022 and how they will relate to Death Care as we move into the future. I’ve not been shy about saying two things are happening and will continue to happen. Those two things are an increase in…
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From time to time I peruse my electronic copy of Funeral Service Times, a paid electronic subscription magazine from Great Britain. I always enjoy reading it. . .wondering if some of what is happening across the pond relates to funeral, cremation, and cemetery services in the United States. By the way, I think there…
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Last week was a great week to be inside in Minnesota. While many people were trying to get home for the holidays we had temperatures of 15 below zero with winds gusting into the 30 mph zone. That made it a good time for me to hunker down and get a little reading and…
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Anthem Partners, the privately-held operator of funeral homes and cemeteries, announced via press release last week that it had acquired a business that operated three funeral homes in the San Joaquin Valley area of California. That funeral business was Sterling & Smith Funeral Directors, Inc. The company has owned and operated facilities in Fresno,…
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According to this article from the Los Angeles Times, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) released final death statistics for the calendar year 2021 last week. It’s interesting to note that the death rate (the percentage of Americans who die in a given year) has risen at the same time that life expectancy…
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I’ve entitled this article “A Funeral Director’s Christmas“. But, I will tell you, I’m not so sure that I would know a funeral director’s Christmas if I saw one. For me, I’ve been licensed 42 years now as a funeral director. So, in a couple of days I’ll be going on my 42nd…
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