Funeral Director Daily
Geogrid Reinforced Soil Systems (RSS) have long been used by engineers to provide for stability for retaining walls and highway roadways in North America. Now there is a company that has turned that engineering for soil stability into products that can by used by the cemetery industry as well. Here’s what the…
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Funeral Director Daily presents you the final report of our hat trick of financial reports this week. Today we bring you the results of Matthews International’s operations for the period of January thru March 2025 which is the company’s 2nd fiscal quarter of the year. Earlier this week we reported on the same period…
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Better Place Forests is one of those ideas whose time has come. As a 33-year funeral director who has seen the social mores of Death Care move away from the traditional options during that time, I see where there is a place for ideas like Better Place Forest to catch on with a…
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I read, watch, and listen about what is happening in the Death Care business. I do that on an overall scale and I also do it with as many individual companies as possible. Over the last couple of years as I have read, watched, and listened to items concerning funeral home and cemetery…
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I was always told that you have to “Learn before you Earn” and now I’m told, and I believe, that “Learning is a lifetime endeavor” — meaning that you never stop learning. So, if you believe like me, you can take a look at the National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) and WilbertEDU…
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In 1956 stock analyst Warren Buffett formed what he called Buffett Partnership and in 1970 acquired a textile company called Berkshire Hathaway. The company assumed that name and went on to become a diversified holding company with Buffett as the main stockholder and Chairman of the Board. He’s ran that company with a “value…
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Service Corporation International (SCI) reported their 1st Quarter 2025 financial results last week and in doing so showed an overall revenue increase of 2.8% in year over year results. Total Revenue for the quarter was $ 1.074.2 billion as compared to the 1st Quarter of 2024 which came in at $ 1.045.4 billion. …
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We’ve just lived through the first 100 days of the 2nd Trump presidency. On the equity market front there has been a lot of predictions and a lot of ups and downs. . . . However, as far as funeral service or Death Care goes, where are we and what can we expect…
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I think it is a real longshot and we are a long way from proclaiming that the funeral is back in American culture. However, a couple of indicators show that Generation Z, those who are in today’s age bracket of between 13 and 28 years of age, may be yearning for a life…
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It will have been over two years since the last horse-drawn caisson carried a United States military member to their grave at Arlington National Cemetery when the horse-drawn caissons are again given that opportunity. According to this article, “The U.S. Army announced . . the limited reintegration of the caisson into funeral services…
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