It’s just the way it works. If you are a company or other entity that seeks patents to protect your intellectual property you have to be able to fight off others who may want to capitalize on your documented efforts. It seems that Parting Stone, the solidified remains company found that out. …
We learned earlier this week that Pinnacle Funeral Service had acquired Gent Funeral Home & Cremation Services of Alton, Illinois. You can learn more about the acquisition from this article on the Pinnacle Funeral Service website. According to the information received, Gent Funeral Home & Cremation Services has served their community for over…
My routine is pretty normal during the work week. I get up before 6 am, put the coffee on, do my devotions, and then enjoy the coffee for a few minutes while watching the business program “Mornings with Maria (Bartiromo) ” on Fox Business Channel before checking to see that Funeral Director Daily was…
Back in this article of April 2, 2026, we called Death Care stocks a “Port in the Storm”. As that article indicates, Death Care stocks as represented by the Death Care Index (DCI) showed a gain of 5.2% for the 1st Quarter of 2026 even as the major indexes all had declines for the…
Starting today we head into this long 4th of July weekend that celebrates 250 years since our nation’s founders decided to put their lives on the line and declare independence from Great Britain. One of those patriots who put their life on the line was Thomas Paine. Paine did not put his name…
BUSINESS
Parting Stone enforces patent protection
It’s just the way it works. If you are a company or other entity that seeks patents to protect your intellectual property you have to be able to fight off others who may…
Will a “Hawkish” Federal Reserve put more interest costs on your business?
My routine is pretty normal during the work week. I get up before 6 am, put the coffee on, do my devotions, and then enjoy the coffee for a few minutes while watching the…
Happy 250th Birthday America!!!
Starting today we head into this long 4th of July weekend that celebrates 250 years since our nation’s founders decided to put their lives on the line and declare independence from Great Britain. One…
FINANCE
Pinnacle Funeral Service makes another acquisition
We learned earlier this week that Pinnacle Funeral Service had acquired Gent Funeral Home & Cremation Services of Alton, Illinois. You can learn more about the acquisition from this article on the Pinnacle Funeral…
Will a “Hawkish” Federal Reserve put more interest costs on your business?
My routine is pretty normal during the work week. I get up before 6 am, put the coffee on, do my devotions, and then enjoy the coffee for a few minutes while watching the…
Security National Financial Corporation, Matthews lead DCI thru first-half of 2026
Back in this article of April 2, 2026, we called Death Care stocks a “Port in the Storm”. As that article indicates, Death Care stocks as represented by the Death Care Index (DCI) showed…
REGULATIONS
Parting Stone enforces patent protection
It’s just the way it works. If you are a company or other entity that seeks patents to protect your intellectual property you have to be able to fight off others who may…
Recompose: On the “Grow”
I started publishing Funeral Director Daily about the same time that entrepreneur Katrina Spade was involved in a pilot research project with Washington State University on the possibility and merits of composting human remains. …
The potential Venezuela Death Care crisis
As you are well aware of two large-scale earthquakes occured in Venezuela last week. As I write this article on Saturday morning June 27, the official death toll in the country is listed at…
CEMETERY
Everstory Partners adds New Jersey cemetery to its group
Everstory Partners the cemetery heavy company that operates more than 460 cemeteries, funeral homes, and crematories in the United States and Puerto Rico announced last week that they had acquired the Franklin Memorial…
Cemetery sued over private casket-lowering policy
When I was a practicing funeral director I was well aware of safety concerns at the cemetery when the casket was lowered into the vault and grave. Our good friends from Wilbert Vault were…
Cuba’s crisis with death
Cuba, the island country only 90 miles off the Florida coast has a crisis with death and Death Care. If you look at the Wikipedia page for Cuba you will notice that the population…
CREMATION
Parting Stone enforces patent protection
It’s just the way it works. If you are a company or other entity that seeks patents to protect your intellectual property you have to be able to fight off others who may…
Pizza Hut, Batesville, and CANA
Pizza Hut, Batesville, and CANA? A reader sent me an article earlier this week that brings these three topics into a Venn diagram sort of picture for me. First of all, the…
Cuba’s crisis with death
Cuba, the island country only 90 miles off the Florida coast has a crisis with death and Death Care. If you look at the Wikipedia page for Cuba you will notice that the population…
PRENEED
Connecticut budget includes money for victims of allegedly stolen pre-arrangements
Earlier this month, as you can read in this article from NBC Connecticut, the legislature of Connecticut passed their state budget which included the “Act Concerning Unlawful Funeral Service Practices”. The state appropriated…
Consumer Preneed motivations from Homesteaders survey results
Preneed insurance provider Homesteaders Life Company released their 8th annual Preneed Motivators survey last week. According to this press release from which you can download your own copy of the survey results, “. .…
SCI Earnings Call: CEO Tom Ryan answers on Preneed and Managing
Service Corporation International reported on their 1st Quarter of 2026 about ten days ago and then followed that up with an Earnings Call with stock analysts that follow the company. As usual Funeral Director…
PRODUCTS
Parting Stone enforces patent protection
It’s just the way it works. If you are a company or other entity that seeks patents to protect your intellectual property you have to be able to fight off others who may…
Recompose: On the “Grow”
I started publishing Funeral Director Daily about the same time that entrepreneur Katrina Spade was involved in a pilot research project with Washington State University on the possibility and merits of composting human remains. …
Starmark accelerates expansion
In a press release received earlier this week Starmark, a leading manufacturer of funeral and cremation supplies covering all of North America with factory direct shipping, announced the expansion of its “white glove delivery…
