In today’s Afternoon Edition we bring you information from some of our colleagues in the death care industry.  We have news from the National Funeral Directors Association about their upcoming national convention as well as three new podcasts from them that you might find interesting.  We also have news from some of our business associates at Clifton Larson Allen and U.S. Bank on ideas and suggestions about accounting for your business and financial management for the individual.

Finally, we have all the news from around the world of death care that’s been published in the last couple of days.

Let’s Reconnect.  The 2020 NFDA Convention.

NFDA Take Action Notice — Make funeral directors a priority for COVID-19 vaccine

A Brush with Death – NFDA Podcasts — Click the episode to see a description before listening

• Episode #12 -A Conversation with the Class of 2020.  The Future is Bright.
• Episode#13– In Loving Memory: A Child’s Journey
• Episode #14-Cremation 101

Article – What businesses need to know about payroll tax deferral.  Clifton Larson Allen

Webinar – Current events and your financial life:  How to make sense of it all.  U.S. Bank.  Thursday, September 17.  Two different times.

News from the world of Death Care:

• University of Minnesota’s Michael LuBrant pivots to teach death rituals to Mortuary Science students in a COVID-19 world.  Minneapolis Star Tribune (MN)
• Moore Funeral Home among businesses to receive assistance from Burlington County. CentralJersey.com  (NJ)
• Fargo’s Hanson-Runsvold Funeral Home hits century mark.  Fargo Forum (ND)
• End of Life Planning could bring peace to Florida seniors amidst the coronavirus pandemic.  The Apopka Voice (FL)
• Grave mounding tradition continues at one high mountain cemetery.  The Mountaineer.  (NC)
• Utah business gives a voice to the dead through funeral videos.  KSL>com (UT)
• Volunteers work to clean up cemetery that has become illegal dumping site.  FOX 8 NextStar Broadcasting (PA)