Funeral Director Daily

The power of “Positive”

By Funeral Director Daily / February 4, 2020 /

An interesting article came out this past weekend from the Metrowest Daily News of suburban Boston.  The article, that you can read here, dealt with the changes in funeral service over time for some of the long established funeral homes west of Boston in Worcester, Massachusetts.  Some of the funeral homes questioned for the article…

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Park Lawn Corporation completes acquisition

By Funeral Director Daily / February 3, 2020 /

Last Friday the Park Lawn Corporation, headquartered in Toronto, issued this press release which confirms that they have completed an  acquisition announced earlier in the year.  The press release tells of the completion of the Nashville, Tennessee area acquisition which includes Family Legacy, LLC, a business with 12 locations.  The acquisition also includes the membership…

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Another “not in my backyard” crematory clash

By Funeral Director Daily / February 3, 2020 /

Over the weekend we noticed this article from the Perryville News of Perryville, Missouri.  It concerns an issue that we are seeing more and more of as funeral homes and other concerns attempt to place new crematories in areas that they have not been located in before.  That issue centers around the public perception of…

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Millennials managing funeral homes

By Funeral Director Daily / January 31, 2020 /

I saw this title or something like it on my daily Google death care alerts and thought. . “What of it”.  The American Millennial generation started with births in 1980.  . what is so strange about a 40-year old managing a mortuary.  My goodness, we have people younger than that serving in the United States…

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Throwback Thursday – The Staffing Shortage

By Funeral Director Daily / January 30, 2020 /

Editor’s Note:  Funeral Director Daily has grown greatly in subscribers in the last two years.  Because of such I have decided that every once in a while I will throw out a well read article to be read again.   The article will have to continue to be relevant in the profession when I do such. …

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Can you make more by giving more?

By Funeral Director Daily / January 29, 2020 /

Our funeral home firm embarked on building a new physical funeral home with a first ever, for us, crematory included in 2005.  It’s hard to believe that we have been headquartered there for 15 years as I remember things such as pointing out what trees we wanted to save on the bare lot.  Some of…

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Outside the box. . or Vertical/Horizontal?

By Funeral Director Daily / January 28, 2020 /

Many people talk of taking their business “Outside the Box” to find new creative ways to generate more revenue and build their business enterprise.  I’m certainly no MBA guy in Business or Finance. . .  but, more or less I’ve been involved in business for about 50 years since I had my first paper route. …

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SCI lists another iconic chapel for sale

By Funeral Director Daily / January 27, 2020 /

Not so long ago we told you in this article about Service Corporation International (SCI) closing and selling the historic designated landmark H.M. Patterson & Son Chapel in Atlanta, Georgia.  That chapel had served for 91 years as the flagship chapel for H.M. Patterson in the Atlanta area. We recently learned that SCI has listed…

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Funerals and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

By Funeral Director Daily / January 24, 2020 /

“Awareness is the greatest agent for change.” -Eckhart Tolle In funeral service, we have all likely received a call asking for a sign language interpreter at a funeral. There are two types of reactions to this request. First, the phenomenal directors who jump into action to provide and pay for the interpreter. Second, the less…

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Throwback Thursday — Cold weather and the burial business

By Funeral Director Daily / January 23, 2020 /

Editor’s Note:  I happen to be on vacation this week.  And, when you are from Minnesota, you take vacation in a warm weather climate.  Just for a little throwback to last year at this time, I happened to be on my vacation from Minnesota when the Polar Vortex got stuck over the state.  And, I…

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