Funeral Director Daily
For those of us in the good ol’ U.S.A. yesterday was the national holiday that celebrated the birth of our nation. The Revolutionary War period is one that I think of when we had good, old fashioned representative democracy without “Big” government. Now, a lot can be said for a bigger, wider, government, but there…
If you follow the death care industry you would know that it is no secret that the long-term viability of StoneMor Partners has been in question. Since 2016 their publicly traded stock has dropped from over $25 per share to a low last week of $1.44 per share. In 2017 and 2018 alone the company…
When I was growing up and in elementary school in the 1960’s there was a saying about Presidential elections. That saying was, “As Maine goes, so goes the nation”. What it meant was that the state of Maine had an uncanny ability to vote with the winning candidate in so many elections. In today’s left…
Today, July 1, 2019, plans will be finalized in Parliament that will deliver the government’s promise of providing financial support to English families who have lost a child to death. “The Children’s Funeral Fund for England will be established to ensure no parent will have to pay for their child’s burial or cremation” states the…
Canadian funeral home and cemetery consolidator Park Lawn Corporation announced yesterday that they had made an acquisition in Houston, Texas. According to a company release that you can read here, Park Lawn acquired Integrity Funeral Care of Houston for a non-published price. Park Lawn’s United States headquarters is based in Houston and the press release…
Financial writer Benen Ling published on Seeking Alpha an article on the United States public funeral home and cemetery companies last week. He titled his article, “These Death stocks are barely clinging to life”. You can read the article here. Ling writes a good article and makes some great points about our profession and the…
