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In a press release out of Park Lawn Corporation headquarters in Toronto, Ontario, today, the company announced that it had acquired the assets of two-location funeral business John L. Ziegenhein & Sons Undertaking, Inc. According to the press release that you can read here, the Ziegenhein Funeral Homes were acquired for a purchase price of…
Read MoreHouston based funeral home and cemetery consolidator and operator Carriage Services reported its 1st Quarter 2019 results yesterday. Their report somewhat parroted industry leader Service Corporation International’s report from a week ago in that “Same Unit” revenues dropped. In Carriage’s case, however, even with new acquisition revenue added in, their 2019 revenues of $69.1 million…
Read MoreI read an interesting article the other day published by Reuters out of Tokyo, Japan. It piqued my interest because I have seen in the recent past and believe going forward that new crematory facilities will continue to be a challenge to get built in locations across North America. My belief stems from the fact…
Read MoreNorth America’s largest funeral home and cemetery operator, Service Corporation International, reported 1st Quarter 2019 results last week and you can see their press release on those results here. The company’s CEO, Tom Ryan, issued the following statement in the report. “We are encouraged as we start of 2019 on par with prior year earnings…
Read MoreOver the last week I’ve read several articles from around the world that describe different aspects of funeral directing, working as a mortician, or operating a funeral home and the people that do those tasks. Without much editorializing on my part I am just going to present the articles for you to read. This article…
Read MoreFrom time to time at Funeral Director Daily we come across articles on products for the death care industry that we believe are new, innovative, and have promise. Today we are introducing you to “Planturns” – urns that double as planters. They have been created by Los Angeles based designer and woodworker C.C. Boyce. According…
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