Funeral Director Daily
Part of researching what is happening in the death care industry is the fun of just finding out what is out there in the world. And, I’ve found that some of those who work in the profession are just the nicest people around. Part of the game is to make a living doing what you…
If you follow Wall Street and the American stock market you will know that we are in the period of the summer where public companies start to report their earnings as of June 30. For most of the companies who operate on a calendar year this is their 2nd Quarter results and gives investors a…
Excuse me for doing a little reminiscing today, but today (July 16) would be my father’s 101st birthday. I lost my father to a sudden heart attack – while he was servicing a funeral – on Easter weekend 1977, 42 years ago, when I was a teenager. Life has certainly moved forward since then, but…
Funeral Director Daily had kept you informed about what has become known as the “Jedi bill” in the state of Missouri this spring and summer. The bill, proposed by State Senator Jason Holsman, a Democrat from Kansas City, would have allowed for outdoor cremations and supposedly made Missouri a mecca for so-called “Viking or Jedi…
Today we bring you two articles about funeral homes and real estate that have been in the news lately. We have written many times about zoning issues for funeral homes, crematories, and cemeteries, but today one of the articles actually tells of a funeral home that residents do not want to see demolished and the…
Generally, I’ve never been one to blow my own horn. I’ve always felt, “Just do my job and those I serve will be my best advertisers”. However, I’ve found out that in the process of building a world-wide read blog, sometimes you have to tell people what is happening to help them get excited and…
We’ve all seen it on television — the urban death scene where the coroner pulls up with his staff in the coroner van ready to remove the body from the scene to the morgue. Of course, metropolitan areas have professionally paid coroners, deputy coroners, and staff available to make these removals. I read this recent…
Last week I read this article from the Minneapolis Star Tribune focused on the Fortune 500 company, General Mills. General Mills is a Minneapolis based company – and has been for a long time – which leads to much media coverage for them in the state of Minnesota. The article pertained to the fact that…
From time to time we like to feature businesses who for some reason or other have an interesting story to tell. Today, we bring you the story of the Shafer Monument Company of Mitchell, South Dakota. As we move into the 2nd half of 2019 the Shafer family is celebrating their 100th year of business. …
It was announced last week that Orlando based funeral and cemetery operating company Foundation Partners Group had acquired All-States Cremation and its three associated businesses in the state of Colorado. The acquisition marks Foundation Partners entrance into the rapidly changing Colorado market. You can read more about the transaction from this press release. All-States Cremation,…
