Funeral Director Daily
This week the Minneapolis Star Tribune did a really good piece on the role of the “Specialty” funeral director in our society. What they referred to as the “Specialty” funeral director those of us in the industry have referred to as the “trade” service. You can read the article here. The basics of the article…
Read MoreA written article and video news story from NBC Connecticut that you can see here tells the story of the death and eventual burial of Ms. Tessa Pascarella. The story is one of the difficulty of having a green burial on land you own and how that can be accomplished. To me, it is also…
Read MoreLast week a short article was written and published by the business channel CNBC on the merits of investing in death care company Service Corporation International. You can read that article here. The article states that in the majority of the last economic downturns that Service Corporation has fared better than most stocks due to…
Read MoreA Missouri legislative bill with nearly unanimous consent has recently passed out of the Missouri legislature and is awaiting Governor Mike Parson’s decision to sign the bill into law. You can read more about this bill here from KansasCity.com. The bill, according to the article, would allow licensed funeral directors to organize outdoor cremations at…
Read MoreI’m a retired funeral home owner and operator of over 35 years (here’s my compressed bio). Back in early 2017 I was urged by a friend to write on my experiences and my thought processes on the death care industry because he thought others would be interested in listening. Personally, I didn’t think anybody would…
Read MoreIt’s Friday and we just thought that we would bring you some stories and/or news videos from around the profession to end the week. Here is what we have for you today: Pet Loss: This short news video story from a Texas television station tells the story of a pet crematory that has allegedly had…
Read MoreYesterday we told you of an effort to find unclaimed cremation remains permanent memorial places through a non-profit group. Today we just want to tell funeral home operators of another way that they can help with the final memorialization of our veterans. I never thought of this issue before, but it is out there and…
Read MoreThe funeral and cremation profession in Australia is an industry that takes in about US $ 1.12 billion in revenue each year (all amounts in this article have been converted to U.S. values). That’s only about 7% of the purported industry revenue of $16.3 billion that the United States death care profession reels in, however,…
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