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More breakthrough technologies from OneRoom available

By Funeral Director Daily / December 5, 2025 /

  The streaming, recording, and re-watching of Death Care memorial events is becoming more and more a staple of what consumers are now expecting from their Death Care event professional.  And much like any new technology there are bound to be breakthroughs in how that service is provided as we move forward.   Earlier this…

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The World Around Us. . . Gathering information for 2026 planning

By Funeral Director Daily / December 4, 2025 /

    We’ve now moved a few days into the month of December.  It’s hard to believe that the plans you put into place for the 2025 Business Year are now coming into the stretch run.  Hopefully, your profit numbers are exceeding what you expected them to be with, not only your wise planning, but…

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An interview with Funeral Director Daily’s Tom Anderson

By Funeral Director Daily / December 3, 2025 /

  For going on seven years now I’ve enjoyed writing Funeral Director Daily.  It keeps my mind working and trying to improve the business I enjoyed working in — a business that I was allowed the privilige to serve families that needed guidance and care at a difficult time of their lives.   I feel…

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Missing body causing problems between family and cemetery

By Funeral Director Daily / December 3, 2025 /

    According to details in this article from CBC Canada Royal Air Force glider pilot veteran Gordon Patrick was buried at the Green Acres Cemetery outside of Winnipeg, Manitoba, following his death in 1973.  For whatever reason, probably at least partially because he was estranged from his daughter, Elizabeth Patrick, who lived in Great…

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Families falling short of funeral funds

By Funeral Director Daily / December 2, 2025 /

  It is not surprising that at the same time we are seeing consumer confidence erode in the U.S.A. that we are also finding some statistical data to tell us that funeral client families are more often coming up short with funding to pay their Death Care obligations.  Statistics are somewhat difficult to find on…

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Matthews International reports Fiscal Year ’25 and 4th Quarter ’25 results

By Funeral Director Daily / December 1, 2025 /

    Matthews International is a company that in 2025 received over 50% of its revenue from what they call their “Memorialization” segment.  That segment consists of Aurora Casket, Matthews cremation products, and a complete line of cemetery products and markers.  During the past calendar year Matthews International also acquired Death-care oriented Dodge Company to…

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Subject of iconic “Homecoming” photo died on Veterans Day

By Funeral Director Daily / November 28, 2025 /

  This is Thanksgiving weekend — a time to reflect and give thanks for the lives we are living.  Those of you who are old enough will remember back in 1973 a time when our nation gave “Thanks” for our prisoners being returned home, some following years of captivity, from the Vietnam War.   And,…

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Happy Thanksgiving — Enjoy, food, family, and football!!!

By Funeral Director Daily / November 27, 2025 /

  This year for my evening devotions I am using a book of daily notes by Billy Graham titled, “Wisdom for Each Day“.  It was in the back of my mind to write something for Thanksgiving for Funeral Director Daily.  Then, I read the November 24 entry from “Wisdom for Each Day” and decided Billy…

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62 Years ago this week. . . . the story of the Kennedy casket

By Funeral Director Daily / November 26, 2025 /

  Imagine it is lunch time at the funeral home you work at when you get a call from the hospital two miles away that you need to immediately bring the best casket you have to the hospital.  And, by the way, it is for the President of the United States.   That’s the call…

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Another Death Care documentary series premieres tomorrow night

By Funeral Director Daily / November 25, 2025 /

  There has been an explosion of streaming channels available to the public in the past couple of years.  And, with that growth of channels comes the need for programming.  So, it is probably not a surprise that we are finding more programming available in all types of genres  — including a genre that seems…

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