Funeral Director Daily
Even 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…
Just 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…
Last 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…
Glen 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…
I receive a periodic e-mail update from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and in today’s update noticed an article about the United States Census looking to hire military veterans to work during the 2020 census. I am passing this on simply because I know funeral directors in communities know their veteran populations. Maybe our…
Many of you who work in the death care business may know Jim Price. Jim comes from a funeral service family and has worked full-time in the death care space for almost 50 years. I met Jim about 30 years ago at a funeral profession golf event and have seen him annually for almost each…
In many states as we roll into the new year legislatures take seat and the business of the state gets going for the next six months or so. And, it is no different in 2020 as we start to learn of some of the bills that have been introduced which may affect funeral service. We…
Members of the death care media were informed yesterday via press release that the CEO and Chairman of Toronto based Park Lawn Corporation (PLC), Andrew Clark, would be stepping down as Chairman and CEO of the company. You can read the press release here. The release quoted Clark as saying, “It has been a tremendous…
Even though yesterday was the President’s Day holiday and the markets were closed across America, Service Corporation International took the opportunity to report their financial numbers for the 4th Quarter of 2019 and also for the Year End 2019. We will just report some of the numbers today and after we have a chance to…
