Funeral Director Daily
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
Simply as a member of a community I was again reminded this past week that transformation, and especially technology transformation, continues to happen at a rapid pace in the Death Care profession. Last week I intended to go to a visitation of a deceased gentlemen who for the most part of my funeral director…
Alex Fasciano, an analyst for CFRA Research suggests that quick service restaurant player KFC’s (formerly Kentucky Fried Chicken) strategy is “. .centered on driving growth through brand relevance, marketing innovation, (and) operational excellence. . . .” It turns out that the iconic brand was losing customer count and sales to other competitors in…
I’ve told you before that I sometimes get ideas for Funeral Director Daily articles from the strangest of sources. Today’s thought process in thinking about year-end planning came to my mind on Wednesday afternoon when I was on the treadmill — it was 41 degrees, cold and cloudy in Minnesota — so I was…
Funeral Director Daily learned last week that one of the best known names in Death Care was branching out to continue to help funeral directors. The Czachor family, founders of the leading funeral home answering service, ASD, has announced the formation of a company to help funeral homes coordinate meaningful aerial cremation ash scatterings.…
