Funeral Director Daily
As we have done on several other Fridays, we thought we would just send your way a few articles that we thought might be of interest without any commentary and let you decide if you want to learn more about the items featured. Here is an article on an Ohio cemetery owned by StoneMor Partners…
Read MoreThe headline from a Motley Fool piece that you can read here states, “InvoCare delivers solid profit and dividend growth in FY2019”. Australia’s largest funeral and cremation provider recorded revenue growth of 4% for the year which led to a 19.6% increase in after tax operating earnings. For the year, InvoCare brought in revenue of…
Read MoreIn this article from the Los Angeles Times you can read about Assembly Bill 2592 (AB2592) that was recently introduced by Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia. AB2592 would, if passed and signed into law, allow for human composting in the state of California as an eco-friendly alternative to traditional burial or cremation. Human recomposition was passed into…
Read MoreThose of you who have followed this publication for any length of time know that I like to hypothesize on what I see are trends in business. And, you’ve also seen my post sometimes in reference to serving on the board of the University of Minnesota. One of my fun things to do now is…
Read MoreEven before Robert Waltrip bought that second location in Houston in the early 1960’s there were lots of funeral homes that changed hands. And, I’m guessing that over the years about 99% of those business transactions, especially the transferring of a funeral home to a new owner in a small community, went off without a…
Read MoreJust last week we wrote of a Minnesota funeral director who had taken the time, effort, and expense to customize a casket to look like a school bus for one of the beloved citizens of his community. That person, who drove a school bus in the small community for 55 years, recently died and his…
Read MoreLast week funeral service and cemetery consolidator and operator Carriage Services, based in Houston, Texas, reported 4th Quarter and Year End results for 2019. They also provided commentary on how they believe that the company will move in the next three years. I will provide some factual information in this report but also my…
Read MoreGlen Davis drove school bus in his small Minnesota community for 55 years. Starting in 1949 he was still driving and finally retired in 2005. By that time he was driving the grandchildren of those school children he had driven in 1949. And, Glen Davis was like a lot of people small town funeral directors…
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