Funeral Director Daily
I came across this recent article from Yahoo Finance titled “Climate change is ending the Sun Belt boom” and it reminded me how demographics can and will affect the operations of your funeral home. The short article was very interesting and contends, with the use of decade maps over the past 50 years…
Read MoreIt was recently announced in this article from the Fillmore County Journal that Hoff Funeral and Cremation Service recently acquired the former Riley Funeral Homes in both Lanesboro and Chatfield, bringing their number of locations in southeast Minnesota to eight. The 3rd generation funeral business has quietley grown itself into one of Minnesota’s…
Read MoreIt was back in June when the Cremation Association of North America (CANA) issued its 2024 Annual Statistical Report. That report showed as CANA said, “. . . “the national cremation rate has grown steadily and predictably for the last 50 years, indicating that neither the recession nor the pandemic have influenced the growth…
Read MoreI think it is a pretty well established fact that if a funeral home can get families to talk about what they want to have done at their eventual death the funeral home has a much better chance to pre-arrange that family into some type of financial arrangements to be used at the…
Read MoreI found it more than a coincidence that the same day I received this press release for the next WilbertEDU session that Yahoo Finance published this article titled “Gen Z is projected to become the largest, wealthiest generation”. It was coincidental because the WilbertEDU session will feature the topic “Bridging the Generational Divide in…
Read MoreTonight, Tuesday, July 16 at 8 pm Eastern Time (7 pm Central Time) the Cremation Association of North America (CANA) presents its monthly Funeral Professionals Peer Support Group virtual meeting. This month’s talking point will be facilitated by Peer Support US Program Director Kim Zavrotny and will deal with your working environment. Here’s…
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