Funeral Director Daily
Editor’s Note: Funeral Director Daily has grown greatly in subscribers in the last two years. Because of such I have decided that every once in a while I will throw out a well read article to be read again. The article will have to continue to be relevant in the profession when I do such. …
Our funeral home firm embarked on building a new physical funeral home with a first ever, for us, crematory included in 2005. It’s hard to believe that we have been headquartered there for 15 years as I remember things such as pointing out what trees we wanted to save on the bare lot. Some of…
Many people talk of taking their business “Outside the Box” to find new creative ways to generate more revenue and build their business enterprise. I’m certainly no MBA guy in Business or Finance. . . but, more or less I’ve been involved in business for about 50 years since I had my first paper route. …
Not so long ago we told you in this article about Service Corporation International (SCI) closing and selling the historic designated landmark H.M. Patterson & Son Chapel in Atlanta, Georgia. That chapel had served for 91 years as the flagship chapel for H.M. Patterson in the Atlanta area. We recently learned that SCI has listed…
“Awareness is the greatest agent for change.” -Eckhart Tolle In funeral service, we have all likely received a call asking for a sign language interpreter at a funeral. There are two types of reactions to this request. First, the phenomenal directors who jump into action to provide and pay for the interpreter. Second, the less…
by Lucille Rosetti, TheBereaved.org Moving on after death is never easy. As a funeral home director, you may be all too familiar with how difficult it is for loved ones and family members to escape the emotional effects of grief. Many of your clients may mention moving to a different home as a way…
I think I am very much like most people in that when I see something that pertains to something in my life I generally pay attention. Today’s article emanates from some things I saw or heard over the last week. First of all, I am an investor in a small private company that rents billboard…
According to this article from the Manistee News, a former funeral home manager has pleaded guilty to taking over $223,000 in pre-need funds. The plea would assure the defendent, Mr. Denis Johnson, age 69, of Manistee, Michigan, that he would serve no jail time as long as restitution to the approximately 60-70 victims is completed…
As we move into the weekend I thought I would just leave you with an article to read about another – what some might say is innovative – way to memorialize a loved one. I wrote earlier this week that I am one who would opt to bury a loved one’s cremated remains in a…
