Trump and Musk. . . .Can you learn from their cost efficiency mandate?

By Funeral Director Daily February 10, 2025

    President Trump and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) leader Elon Musk are rapidly looking at costs that are currently in the government budget that may be able to be whittled out.  It may not be perfect and it may not even be proper — as is discussed in this Yahoo Finance article…

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Death Care investments. . . . an interesting observation

By Funeral Director Daily February 7, 2025

    There has been a lot written about the stock markets in the two weeks of the Presidency of Donald Trump.  So much seems to depend on what the item of the day with President Trump is and that item seems to move markets one way or another.   I’m an amateur investor and…

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Funeral homes receive rare “Letters of Assurance” from public authorities

By Funeral Director Daily February 6, 2025

    Every day I search out articles about Death Care services to provide me with information on topics of interest in our profession/industry.  One of the things that has been extremely disappointing to this life-long funeral director and funeral home owner is the amount of negative publicity our profession piles on itself because of…

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Death Care: “Who will be closer to the consumer?”

By Funeral Director Daily February 5, 2025

    Last Monday China shook the financial markets by unveiling that their Aritificial Intelligence capabilities from a company called “DeepSeek” seemed to be further along in developing AI than American counterparts such as Nvidia. . . and doing so with a less expensive model.  That moved the financial markets among AI developers such as…

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County sets inspections to make sure cemetery monuments are safe

By Funeral Director Daily February 4, 2025

    If you have been a funeral director for any length of time you have found yourself in a cemetery on a beautiful summer day when after the formal committal service the family remains to visit and you see young children play on cemetery monuments.  However, as this archived CBS News article mentions, children…

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BUSINESS

Trump and Musk. . . .Can you learn from their cost efficiency mandate?

By Funeral Director Daily | February 10, 2025

    President Trump and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) leader Elon Musk are rapidly looking at costs that are currently in the government budget that may be able to be whittled out.  It…

Funeral homes receive rare “Letters of Assurance” from public authorities

By Funeral Director Daily | February 6, 2025

    Every day I search out articles about Death Care services to provide me with information on topics of interest in our profession/industry.  One of the things that has been extremely disappointing to this…

The Trump tariffs and Death Care

By Funeral Director Daily | February 3, 2025

    The International Trade Association defines tariffs as such:  “A tariff or duty (the words are used interchangeably) is a tax levied by governments on the value including freight and insurance of imported products.…

FINANCE

Trump and Musk. . . .Can you learn from their cost efficiency mandate?

By Funeral Director Daily | February 10, 2025

    President Trump and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) leader Elon Musk are rapidly looking at costs that are currently in the government budget that may be able to be whittled out.  It…

Death Care investments. . . . an interesting observation

By Funeral Director Daily | February 7, 2025

    There has been a lot written about the stock markets in the two weeks of the Presidency of Donald Trump.  So much seems to depend on what the item of the day with…

Our opinion: Matthews sale of ‘brand solutions unit” consolidates company into “Death Care and Innovation”

By Funeral Director Daily | January 29, 2025

    I’ve heard from people over the years that thought Matthews International was “too complicated” of a company.  The company that started in 1850 and and produced its first-ever bronze memorial in 1927, according…

REGULATIONS

Funeral homes receive rare “Letters of Assurance” from public authorities

By Funeral Director Daily | February 6, 2025

    Every day I search out articles about Death Care services to provide me with information on topics of interest in our profession/industry.  One of the things that has been extremely disappointing to this…

County sets inspections to make sure cemetery monuments are safe

By Funeral Director Daily | February 4, 2025

    If you have been a funeral director for any length of time you have found yourself in a cemetery on a beautiful summer day when after the formal committal service the family remains…

North Carolina floods, Florida hurricanes, and L.A. wildfires: The tragedy of losing “kept at home” cremated remains

By Funeral Director Daily | January 24, 2025

    If you have read Funeral Director Daily for any length of time you will know that I am an advocate of “Permanent Memorialization” of loved ones.  My reason for that belief is pretty…

CEMETERY

County sets inspections to make sure cemetery monuments are safe

By Funeral Director Daily | February 4, 2025

    If you have been a funeral director for any length of time you have found yourself in a cemetery on a beautiful summer day when after the formal committal service the family remains…

Should Disney be in the “Memorialization” business?

By Funeral Director Daily | January 30, 2025

    Over the last couple of decades there arises every once in a while the idea that the Walt Disney Company should get into some of the businesses that funeral home operators and cemetery…

Here’s the “Recipe” for more monument sales

By Funeral Director Daily | January 7, 2025

  While we cannot guarantee success with every idea, one of the reasons for reading Funeral Director Daily is that we endeavor to give ideas to Death Care professionals that can have a positive impact…

CREMATION

Should Disney be in the “Memorialization” business?

By Funeral Director Daily | January 30, 2025

    Over the last couple of decades there arises every once in a while the idea that the Walt Disney Company should get into some of the businesses that funeral home operators and cemetery…

North Carolina floods, Florida hurricanes, and L.A. wildfires: The tragedy of losing “kept at home” cremated remains

By Funeral Director Daily | January 24, 2025

    If you have read Funeral Director Daily for any length of time you will know that I am an advocate of “Permanent Memorialization” of loved ones.  My reason for that belief is pretty…

Here’s the “Recipe” for more monument sales

By Funeral Director Daily | January 7, 2025

  While we cannot guarantee success with every idea, one of the reasons for reading Funeral Director Daily is that we endeavor to give ideas to Death Care professionals that can have a positive impact…

PRENEED

Does “Loneliness” affect funeral services, revenue?

By Funeral Director Daily | December 27, 2024

  Prior to Christmas this past month I listened to my pastor preach on “Loneliness”, and loneliness specifically as it relates to the Holiday Season.  You see, she pointed out, that while many of us…

Funeral Directors Life adds 48th state of operation

By Funeral Director Daily | October 11, 2024

    Earlier this week we learned that Funeral Directors Life (FDL), based in Abilene, Texas,  was approved to sell preneed insurance in the state of Virginia.  As you can read from this press release,…

Anthem Partners, Premiere Preneed, NGL form strategic relationship

By Funeral Director Daily | October 10, 2024

In what is becoming a growing trend among larger funeral home operators Anthem Partners announced in late September that they had formed a strategic alliance with Premier Preneed Marketing and National Guardian Life (NGL) that…

PRODUCTS

The Trump tariffs and Death Care

By Funeral Director Daily | February 3, 2025

    The International Trade Association defines tariffs as such:  “A tariff or duty (the words are used interchangeably) is a tax levied by governments on the value including freight and insurance of imported products.…

Should Disney be in the “Memorialization” business?

By Funeral Director Daily | January 30, 2025

    Over the last couple of decades there arises every once in a while the idea that the Walt Disney Company should get into some of the businesses that funeral home operators and cemetery…

North Carolina floods, Florida hurricanes, and L.A. wildfires: The tragedy of losing “kept at home” cremated remains

By Funeral Director Daily | January 24, 2025

    If you have read Funeral Director Daily for any length of time you will know that I am an advocate of “Permanent Memorialization” of loved ones.  My reason for that belief is pretty…