Funeral Director Daily
As reported last week on Funeral Director Daily, Carriage Services has hired William Goetz as its new Chief Operating Officer. Late last week we learned that Goetz has came out of the chute by showing confidence in the company the he will lead. It was reported in this article that on Wednesday, December 11, 2019,…
Read MoreWhen you are the owner of a funeral home you have to have a plan for marketing the business. Most funeral director proprietors think about their advertising, their on-line presence, and their pre-arrangement program as a way to market. What many don’t think about, however, is that the services they provide after the funeral to…
Read MoreIt seems that we are announcing acquisitions by the Foundation Partners Group in rapid succession. Today we bring you the news that last week it was announced that Foundation Partners Group announced in this press release that they had purchased two funeral/cremation companies on the east, or Space Coast, side of Florida. The two firms…
Read MoreSecurity National Financial Corporation of Utah, a public company that has operations in both the mortuary and insurance businesses reported financial numbers for their 3rd Quarter of 2019 recently. You can read their press release on that information here. 3rd Quarter Life Insurance revenues are up slightly to $29.8 million in 2019 from $28.9 million…
Read MoreDavid Murphy is not only a funeral director but he is well on his way to becoming the owner of a successful manufacturing business. Murphy, a funeral director at the Newark, New York, family firm, Paul L. Murphy & Son Funeral Home recently was awarded $40,000 as the First Place recipient of the Wayne County…
Read MoreIn the last couple of years it seems that we have seen no slow down in the marketplace for the acquisition of large family owned metropolitan death care businesses by the public company, venture backed, or equity partner backed large scale operators in the business. You need think no farther back then last weeks announcement…
Read MoreLast week public funeral home operating company Carriage Services was really in the news. They not only announced the acquisitions of the Fairfax Memorial Park and Funeral Home in the Washington, DC area, but they announced the purchase from StoneMor Partners of the funeral home/cemetery combination facility Oakmont Memorial Funeral Home and Cemetery in Northern…
Read MoreWe came across this article in the Scotsman that you can read here. It is an interview with Tim Purves who is the Chairman of William Purves Funeral Directors of Scotland. Mr. Purves is the 5th generation family funeral director of the company which was started in 1888 by a craftsman and cabinet maker. The…
Read MoreIn a press release issued last week Foundation Partners Group announced that it had purchased a group of funeral and cremation operations. The group consists of three business, that were owned by one party, known as Advent Funeral and Cremation Services with locations in Falls Church, Virginia, and Lanham, Maryland. Also included in the purchase…
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