Funeral Director Daily

A couple of updates. . . .

By Funeral Director Daily / November 7, 2018 /

Here is a couple of articles that we found concerning items that have been in the news lately. . . An article that you can find here concerns a lawsuit filed in Wayne County, Michigan last July that a judge has now paved the way for the suit to be certified as a a Class…

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Carriage Executives on 3Q Results. . . CEO Payne hints at divestiture of some units

By Funeral Director Daily / November 7, 2018 /

Last week death care public company Carriage Services reported 3rd quarter 2018 financial results.  It was the 3rd consecutive quarter that the company had came in with a report that was less than what analysts had expected. If you read the earnings report and the subsequent Call with Analysts that you can read in its…

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StoneMor Partners Reports Preliminary 1Q 2018

By Funeral Director Daily / November 6, 2018 /

On November 1, 2018, StoneMor Partners issued a press release that you can read here which reported it’s financial results for the 1st Quarter of 2018.  That period covers the time period of January 1, 2018, until March 31, 2018.  As you may know, the company is moving from a Master Limited Partnership to a…

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Election Day – Vote!! Funeral Directors on the ballot in Virginia Beach

By Funeral Director Daily / November 6, 2018 /

For those readers in the United States of America it is the day we cherish.  The day that we get to go to the polls and select who we believe will be the best at managing the public’s interest for the next several years.  In some municipalities you can vote for positions that range from…

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Michigan Governor Assembles Team to Look into Funeral Home Problems

By Funeral Director Daily / November 5, 2018 /

According to the Associated Press, in an article that you can read here, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder announced last Thursday that he is adding three new regulators to the State’s Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs mortuary team.  That will bring the total to 7.  The regulators have oversight over funeral homes, funeral directors, and…

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SCI CEO Thomas Ryan on “Beacon”

By Funeral Director Daily / November 5, 2018 /

Last week we examined the 3rd quarter financial results for Service Corporation International.  When we did that we noticed, and told our readers, about the success that their preneed funeral services seemed to be having.  We actually told readers to compare what they are doing in their own businesses to SCI to make sure that…

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Funeral Director Daily Readership Surging

By Funeral Director Daily / November 2, 2018 /

What started out as a challenge to me from a blogger in another industry has turned into the fastest growing death care publication that can be found.  Funeral Director Daily was established as a simple way for me to relate what I have learned in 33 years on the front line of funeral service and…

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Carriage Services Reports 3Q 2018

By Funeral Director Daily / November 1, 2018 /

After the markets closed yesterday funeral home and cemetery consolidator Carriage Services announced their results for the 3rd Quarter of 2018.  The company announced quarterly revenues of $64.2 million which was an increase of 5.2% over the same period of a year ago and a Net Income of $2.2 million – which is a decrease…

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The Changing Face of Funeral Service Education

By Funeral Director Daily / November 1, 2018 /

Jack Mitchell’s great-great-great uncle started the Mitchell Wiedefeld Funeral Home in Baltimore in 1837.  According to an article and news report from WBAL- TV that you can read and see here, it is one of the oldest funeral homes in Baltimore and has a rich history. Mitchell is quoted in the article when he says,…

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Funeral Service in the Courts

By Funeral Director Daily / October 31, 2018 /

Today we are bringing you two items that relate to the death care industry being in the courts.  The first item that you can read about here involves the Trump administration and its Department of Justice filing a brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in defense of a funeral home owner who was sued and…

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