Funeral Director Daily
As we head into this middle of October weekend I just want to leave you with some things to ponder. Back in the 1980’s I had a friend who unfortunately got his name, and the name of his business, in the news for all the wrong reasons. When the issue at hand was pretty much…
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The other day I wrote an article that was titled “Selling Preneed. . . .positively” which you can read here. The bottom line of that article was to illustrate when advising on preneed, to promote preneed in a positive fashion. I went on to say how, when I did seminars on funeral pre-arrangements, I tried…
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Today’s feature in our popular “Get to Know Them” edition is centered on Peter J. Rose, CFSP, LFD, and General Manager of the Betz, Rossi, Bellinger and Stewart Family Funeral Homes in Amsterdam, New York. While the “Get to Know Them” feature is centered around getting to know the profession and what differing duties and…
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It is not everyday that a new category for the consumer to choose from comes along. A new category has to be so unique that while it may have other ideas to compete with it, it is somewhat all by itself in the product or service it offers to the consumer. What is interesting is…
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For almost 35 years I went about doing my job as an owner/operator of a mortuary. I answered calls, I did some embalmings, I met with families, and I conducted thousands of funerals. I know that by my nature that I am a “people pleaser” and I always strived to please everyone whom I was…
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I started to read this linked article from Fort Wayne Business that you can access here with the thought of including another story on a locally owned small town funeral home investing in their community by building new facilities to serve the people of that community. The article deals with owners Miles and Tarah Wilson…
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Smith Family Funeral Homes of North Little Rock, Arkansas announced last week that they have acquired American Home Life Insurance Company, also of North Little Rock. Interestingly enough, American Home Life Insurance Company was founded by the grandfather of Smith Family Funeral Homes current President Jeff Smith. Smith was quoted in this article from Arkansas…
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I believe that I’m now in my 8th month of living in the COVID world. And, in that world a lot has changed about how I do things. Even with the change, however, things seem to be slowly returning to normal in my state of Minnesota. Our students are in school, our high school football…
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In a press release that we received last week, Foundation Partners Group announced that they had expanded and repositioned their leadership team. According to the release that you can read here, this will “position the company for continued growth and innovation.” The release explains that Bob Bukala, formerly the President and CEO, will remain CEO…
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As you know we have been dedicating the Thursday Afternoon Edition to our new feature, “Get to Know Them”. This feature tries to bring forth the many facets of the death care profession and differing occupations within such. I’ve learned that not all of our readers are funeral home owners or funeral home directors and…
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