Funeral Director Daily
There is an interesting case, which you can read about and see a news video of here, blowing through the tradewinds of Hawaii at this time concerning the eligibility of burial in a Veterans’ Administration National Cemetery. The case concerns the potential of a dis-interment of U.S. Army veteran and Honorably Discharged Dr.…
The stock of major health care insurer United Health has dropped from $594 per share in April 2025 to Friday’s close at $237 per share. That’s about a 60% drop in value in a little over 3 months. And, from the trends that I’ve been watching and some recent announcements I don’t think…
Orlando, Florida, based Foundation Partners Group (FPG) caught some by surprise when it announced in a news release on Monday, “a transformational milestone in its growth journey, including new ownership, increased investment in its people and facilities, and a strategic reorganization to strengthen field operations and support care teams.” The news release did…
Last week was Earnings Release week for Service Corporation International (SCI) and readers of Funeral Director Daily are getting their second consecutive article on the company’s performance in this update. This morning’s article was headlined, “Firing on all cylinders”. Investor information network Seeking Alpha published an article last week from Lighting Rock…
Service Corporation International (SCI), the largest by revenue, company in the public Death Care space, reported their 2nd Quarter financial results last week. On virtually all metrics the company performed better than they did for the same quarter of 2024. In addition, their numbers for the first-half of 2025, ending on June 30,…
Over the last century traditional funeral homes have been known to have a “moat” around them in relation to potential competitors. Those moats have brought about many barriers to entry to the profession and helped many family funeral homes thrive. However, as we move forward some of those advantages for existing funeral homes…
“Death Care” when I first heard the phrase, consisted of those businesses that offered funeral services, cremations, caskets, vaults, memorial products, prep room supplies, funeral home and cemetery supplies, and cemetery services. While world-wide in scope. it was a pretty small circle of products and services that were deemed “Death Care”. I recently…
According to this article from the Beloit (WI) Daily News, funeral home owners Jarod and Tania Williams have acquired the two locations of the Brian Mark Funeral Home. According to the Brian Mark Funeral Home website, which you can access here, the company owned and operated funeral homes in Beloit and Clinton, Wisconsin.…
My wife sometimes accuses me of being too friendly. You see, I’m okay in a crowded coffee shop or elsewhere, asking if I could share the table with already seated customers. . . .while Angie would simply leave the shop because it was too busy. I try not to be intrusive on…
When I was operating my funeral home most of my energy went to taking care of the families I was serving, taking care of the staff I was leading, and taking care of the budget I was trying to meet. Doing all of that didn’t always leave enough time to thoroughly look after the…
