Funeral Director Daily
According to this article from the Telegram.com, long-time Worcester, Massachusetts funeral director Peter A. Stefan had has his license to operate suspended as of October 25. Again, according to the article the suspension comes from a second inspection of his funeral home on October 23. . the first inspection was on September 3. The article…
Read MoreMany of the nicest people I know work in the funeral profession. And, an interesting thing about some of those people is listening to the stories of how they got into the profession. I’ve talked to people who were medics in the army, drove ambulance, or worked as nurses who all saw the the compassion…
Read MoreFuneral home and cemetery public operation companies Carriage Services and Service Corporation International reported 3rd Quarter results October 28 and October 30 respectively. Here are press releases from each company on their results. Funeral Director Daily will wait until after we have had the chance to read the transcripts of the analysts calls with the…
Read More“Show me the manner in which a nation cares for its dead, and I will measure with mathematical exactness the tender mercies of its people, their respect for the laws of the land, and their loyalty to high ideals.” That is a quote by Sir William Ewart Gladstone, the 4-term Prime Minister of 19th century…
Read MoreIt was announced yesterday in this press release that funeral home and cemetery consolidator Carriage Services had acquired the Rest Haven Funeral Home and Cemetery, based in Rockwall, Texas. The press release went on to say that this purchase represents Carriage Service’s first foray into the large and strategic market of Dallas-Fort Worth. Again, according…
Read MoreAs we mentioned in yesterday’s Funeral Director Daily, the earnings season is upon us for public companies to report their operating results for the 3 months ended September 30, 2019. On November 7 we know that cemetery and funeral home owner and operator StoneMor Partners LP will give us those numbers and do know that…
Read MoreFuneral Director Daily tracks its proprietary Death Care Index or DCI periodically. The DCI is a group of eight publicly traded company stocks that each have some skin in the death care industry or profession. They range from companies involved in death care services to companies who manufacture things like crematories, to companies involved in…
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