flameless cremation
There is a battle being waged over the human disposition method called “aquamation”, also known as alkaline hydrolysis or flameless cremation. But, most of us are just too busy or are comfortable with disposition in the form of earth burial or cremation to really notice it. I find it interesting in a world where everything…
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If you want to stay ahead of the curve in whatever you are doing I would suggest to play the “What if” game every once in a while just to see where you are standing. The “What if” game can be played in all lines of business and is, in my opinion, a great exercise…
Read MoreNational Geographic magazine published an article the other day that you can read here. It was published in their “Environment and Conservation” sector and is entitled, “The environmental toll of cremating the dead“. The article makes the statement that 78% of Brits are now cremated and in America, we have surpassed the number of burials…
Read MoreA recent article from The Universe, a Brigham Young University publication, which you can read here starts off with the following quote, “The baby boomers have changed every industry in their lives, so they’ll change this one as well.” That was said by Utah funeral director and founder of the Nelson Family Mortuary Lance Nelson.…
Read MoreIt seems really ironic just to make the headline statement for someone who has seen the death care/funeral industry change so fast over my 35 year career. As I’ve said before, within a generation America has changed from a burial disposition society to one of a cremation disposition society. So, we have been anything but…
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