Funeral Director Daily

When the school bell rings

By Funeral Director Daily / October 12, 2020 /

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…

Foundation Partners Group expands leadership team

By Funeral Director Daily / October 9, 2020 /

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…

Afternoon Edition: “Get to Know Them” — Joe Weigel

By Funeral Director Daily / October 8, 2020 /

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…

How direct cremation pioneer Pure Cremation has disrupted the UK’s funeral industry

By Funeral Director Daily / October 8, 2020 /

*Re-printed with permission from Pure Cremation. Before 2015 the funeral industry in Great Britain still looked and felt very Victorian. Most ceremonies were still rooted in 200-year old traditions and any deviation from the norm was frowned upon by both funeral directors and mourners. However, this was set to change when veteran undertaker Bryan Powell…

Selling preneed. . . . positively

By Funeral Director Daily / October 7, 2020 /

Ask ten different consumers and you will get ten different opinions on “insurance”.  Especially, life insurance.  Some think it is necessary, some think it is a waste of time, some love the peace of mind it can bring, some will say let my survivors deal with the money after my death. You get the idea.…

Afternoon Edition: Misconceptions about cremation, alderman proposes annexing Chicago area cemetery, more

By Funeral Director Daily / October 6, 2020 /

In today’s Afternoon Edition of Funeral Director Daily we bring you some interesting articles.  Included among them is an article aimed at consumers that takes note on 10 misconceptions about cremation. We also have an article where politicians are wondering what they can do with a cemetery that is located in an area that they…

Recompose getting competitors. . . and that’s okay

By Funeral Director Daily / October 6, 2020 /

This article from the Daily Chronicle tells how Recompose founder Katrina Spade has been working since 2014 to bring Natural Organic Reduction (NOR) to an acceptable and legal process of human disposition.  She not only had to prove the science behind what many call “human composting” but had to find a legislative body to approve…

Afternoon Edition: Director/Agent license revoked, educational opportunities

By Funeral Director Daily / October 5, 2020 /

In today’s Afternoon Edition we bring you opportunities to continue to learn with a webinar from Disrupt Media and the Cremation Association of North America (CANA), a new podcast from the National Funeral Directors Association, and a useful article from Clifton Larson Allen on planning an exit from your business. We also have a couple…

Zacks looks at the funeral industry, an update on the DCI

By Funeral Director Daily / October 5, 2020 /

Last week Vrishali Bagree of Zacks presented an article that appeared on Nasdaq.com.  It was entitled “Rising demand keeps funeral industry going:  Four stocks to watch”.  You can read that article here. In essence the article tells that the Zacks Funeral Services industry is housed within the broader Zacks Consumer Staples sector.  According to the…

Park Lawn acquires West Coast funeral business

By Funeral Director Daily / October 2, 2020 /

Park Lawn Corporation, with headquarters in Toronto, Ontario, and Houston, Texas, announced in a press release on October 1, that they had reached an agreement to acquire Bowers Funeral Service Ltd. of British Columbia.  You can see the press release here. According to the press release, Bowers Funeral Service is a three location firm with…