Funeral Director Daily tries to provide some type of coverage for everybody. This month’s Top 5 most read articles seem to give credence to that effort. Our readers chose articles that deal with a diversity of topics — from bankruptcy to consumer groups suggestions to selling your funeral home. We also bring articles…
Read MoreI never know what will catch my eye as I peruse articles that I believe may contain information that will be helpful to the business operators of funeral homes, crematories, preneed agencies, and cemeteries. Just the other day I was reading this article from the Cedar Rapids (IA) Gazette which included comments that contained…
Read MoreIn the past month part of my thoughts have been at the intersection of “Education and Grief”. And, it has brought me to a way of thinking that maybe the two thoughts need to go together. You see, during my time as a Board Member of the University of Minnesota I worked…
Read MoreLast week Delta Airlines reported record revenue for the 2nd Quarter of 2025 and also reported that their earnings for the quarter were higher than expected. All of this happened in a quarter where the consumer and business people were supposed to be cutting back on expenditures because of tariffs and economic concern and…
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Grief and Bereavement — Funeral Directors need to lead the education of such in society
In the past month part of my thoughts have been at the intersection of “Education and Grief”. And, it has brought me to a way of thinking that maybe the two thoughts need…
Can funeral homes learn a thing or two from Delta Airlines
Last week Delta Airlines reported record revenue for the 2nd Quarter of 2025 and also reported that their earnings for the quarter were higher than expected. All of this happened in a quarter where…
Peer Support: How far is too far??
We are already coming up on the third Tuesday of the month and that means it is time for another Cremation Association of North America (CANA) sponsored funeral professionals peer support online meeting. This…
FINANCE
Matthews International: “Memorialization and more”
A few days ago The Pittsburgh Business Times published a feature story on hometown company Matthews International. It’s a very interesting article that goes back into the history of the company and how it…
Death Care Index is “Flat” year-to-date. . . . lags major indexes
The end of trading on Monday marked the end of the first-half of the year for stocks. And, it was a significant day as on Monday the Nasdaq and S&P 500 both recorded All-Time…
Growth vs. Income
Last week I read this article authored by Kenio Fontes from Seeking Alpha concerning Death Care behometh Service Corporation International (SCI) and titled “The quiet dividend machine you probably overlooked“. As is the…
REGULATIONS
Natural Organic Reduction is now legal in Minnesota. . . Return Home to expand to the state
As of July 1, 2025, Natural Organic Reduction, or Terramation as some call it, became a legal form of disposition in the state of Minnesota. According to information that I believe reliable, Minnesota…
CEMETERY
CREMATION
A case for “Tradition”
HBO’s recent documentary “The Mortician” probably gave the Death Care profession some bad publicity. However, at least in one case as evidenced by this article in The Free Press titled “My husband wants…
Memoria aims to be the “technology disrupter” of Deathcare
I don’t know what Death Care will look like ten years from now but I do know that change happens, and in some way, the logistics of it will be different than…
Consumer group calls for “cutting out the funeral director as middleman” on direct cremations
We noticed in this article last week that a consumer group has asked for the removal of funeral directors as “the middleman in cremations, saying it’s costing people money”. Among other things, the…
PRENEED
Could the “Big, Beautiful Bill” help sell Preneed
If you have been anywhere near a television, radio, smart phone, newspaper, or other news media you know that President Trump’s signature piece of legislation, the “Big, Beautiful Bill” was passed and signed into…
The Psychology of Commitment
When you are in a competitive business you need to acquire customers and then find a way to make sure that those customers are “commited to you”. Many times acquiring the customer might…
OneRoom brings Revenue Generation to your streaming
We recently received a press release from OneRoom, a trusted leader in funeral streaming. The press release made known that the company has launched its new “Rev Gen Bundle” – defined as a…
PRODUCTS
Changing demographics among morticians may bode well for Mortuary Lift Company
I never know what will catch my eye as I peruse articles that I believe may contain information that will be helpful to the business operators of funeral homes, crematories, preneed agencies, and cemeteries. …
Memorial spaceflight operator loses craft, 166 remains evidently lost at sea
Celestis, the memorial spaceflight program for cremated remains, recently lost its spacecraft from the Perseverence flight and the 166 cremated remains and/or human DNA carried with it. This article from MSN states that…