Funeral Director Daily
There has been a lot of news in the death care profession in 2019. There is always the finance news and what is happening with the public companies on the merger and acquisition front. And, this year we are seeing the fight that StoneMor Partners is putting up to try to become relevant in the…
I came across this article last week which describes the work of Victor Sweeney as the single funeral director in the rural Minnesota town of Warren. Sweeney describes what he does and why he loves taking care of people at the time of death. The article also goes into the state of the profession in…
At least one source has indicated in a news story that Houston based Service Corporation International (SCI) has purchased historical family funeral business properties in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The Greater Baton Rouge Business Report reported yesterday in this article that SCI has, at a minimum, purchased the property of the Rabenhorst Funeral Home in Baton…
We learned last week that one of the northwest United States premier funeral home families has decided to cast their lot with Foundation Partners Group (FPG). Musgrove Family Mortuaries and Cemeteries, based in Eugene, Oregon, announced last week that they had been acquired by FPG. You can see the press release from Foundation Partners Group…
Here’s wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas from all of us at Funeral Director Daily!! Merry Christmas, God Bless, and Happy New Year to all of you. A special thank you to all in our profession, and in other professions, that need to be on duty tonight and/or tomorrow. May God bless you…
In a press release dated today out of Murray, Utah, we learned that the Security National Financial Corporation (SNFC) has closed on its purchase of the Kilpatrick Life Insurance Company domiciled in Louisiana. Both companies operate to some degree in the pre-need funeral funding insurance market. You can read the press release as provided from…
2019 is soon coming to a close and I’ve thought about what has this year taught me in relation to the death care industry. There has been mergers and acquisitions, there has been the legalization of recomposition, there has been the continued growth of the alkaline hydrolysis business and more. However, one of the items…
As we move into the weekend before Christmas it is maybe a good time to reflect on who we are and what we are as well as what we stand for. I recently came across this article from Fatherly entitled “Life in 20 Lessons: What a Funeral Guy Discovered about Life, From Death“. According to…
