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In a press release issued yesterday from Park Lawn Corporation of Toronto, that you can read here, the company announced the acquisition of all of the outstanding membership interest of CMS Mid-Atlantic for a purchase price of approximately US $50 million. CMS Mid-Atlantic, according to the release, operates, manages, and provides financial services for seven…
Read MoreAlana Durkin Richer of the Associated Press compiled a good article that appeared in the Detroit News that you can read here. The article is on the growing problem of what to do with indigent bodies when states or municipalities responsible for them are either running out of money or the expected reimbursement to funeral…
Read MoreI am always amazed at what is happening in the funeral industry that I have not caught on to yet. My friend, Dave Westburg, who operates Billboard Insider blog and who was instrumental in telling me that I have the knowledge to start a death care industry blog, just scooped me on something that I…
Read MoreSecurity National Life Insurance Company, a stock featured in the Funeral Director Daily Death Care Index (DCI), announced in a press release yesterday that they have sold the Dry Creek Apartments, a 282 unit multifamily complex in Sandy, Utah. You can read the release here. The company is involved in three business segments that really…
Read MoreWe at Funeral Director Daily could not let February turn into March without recognizing that February represents Black History Month. We also felt that this would be the perfect time to tell you that although names are not always recorded in history books, it does not mean that those people did not play a significant…
Read MoreI recently read about a disturbing case coming out of Spartanburg, South Carolina. In a story found on News 2 which you can see and read here, it appears that the Spartanburg County Coroner’s office was notified on February 8, 2018, that a “stored” human body was located at the First Family Funeral Home. According…
Read MoreAn occaissional new feature that we will be starting at Funeral Director Daily is to introduce our readers to some of the new products and features that we find in the Death Care industry. We will learn of most of these companies as they follow Funeral Director Daily from around the world on Twitter,…
Read MoreAccording to a press release that you can read here, Legacy Funeral Group of Texas has purchased the Magnolia Chapels of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Magnolia Chapels has served the Tuscaloosa area with two chapels since its founding in 1999. (The link will lead you to Legacy’s web-site where you can learn more on the company).…
Read MoreI found it a little different when I read an editorial in the West Virginia Gazette Mail that you can read here. I’m pretty used to editorials telling us what political candidate to pick, or what side of the right to life to be on, or what side of gun owernship to be on. I’ve…
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