Funeral Director Daily
So today, September 11, 2019, marks the 18th anniversary of the 2001 terror attacks on America. For those of us who are baby boomers, that day is seared in our memory as are the days of the President John F. Kennedy assassination, the day that astronaut Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, and the day…
Read MoreI came across this article the other day about the rise of crowdfunding to pay for funerals. Now, this is not the first time we have written about this subject, but this article is interesting because it points out some statistics and trends behind this phenomena. The article is a public relations article about the…
Read MoreAs I write this I believe that the official death toll in the Bahamas for Hurricane Dorian is 43 dead. . . but expected to rise quite substantially as the islands continue to account for all people. I came across this article from Bloomberg that illustrates just some of the problems the islands will be…
Read MoreFoundation Partners Group (FGP), headquartered in Orlando, Florida, announced earlier this week the acquisition of the three location Beers & Story Funeral Homes in Western Massachusetts. Here is the FGP press release pertaining to the acquisition. Beers & Story is a three generation firm that can trace its roots to the early 1900’s when Bert…
Read MoreAs we move into the Fall season in Minnesota the weather turns a little cooler and I’m forced to do my daily running and exercise routine inside on the treadmill instead of outside on the streets. One of the advantages of this, however, is that I can tune in the television and learn something while…
Read MoreI heard about this process almost a year ago but did not really know enough to write on the subject until I came across this article from The Telegraph, a publication of Hearst Media. The process that I refer to is that of tattoo removal from a deceased body. As it turns out there are…
Read MoreToday is Labor Day across our great country. It is a day that has become embedded in my mind over the years as the last day of “official” summer and the beginning of the new school year. Here in Minnesota it also marks the last day of our 12-day State Fair and is the unofficial…
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