Funeral Director Daily
Almost two years ago we brought you this story about Service Corporation International purchasing Allnutt Funeral Services in Colorado. Turns out that one of the locations was in Greeley, Colorado and that location recently moved to a new location in west Greeley. Upon that move we came across this story from the Greeley Tribune which…
Earlier in May both of America’s leading casket companies reported their 2019 fiscal year 2nd quarter financials. Those companies, Hillenbrand, which is the parent company of Batesville Casket Company, and Matthews International, which is the parent company of Aurora Casket Company, reported declining sales of caskets. You can see Hillenbrand’s 2Q report here and you…
A news report and video story from NBC 15 that you can see here came out of came out of Alabama late last week. The report, out of the town of Prichard in Mobile County, suggests that an illegal cemetery that was in use has allowed caskets to be dug up and reused. The report…
It will come as no secret to anybody that Canadian funeral home and cemetery operator Park Lawn Corporation increased their revenue in the First Quarter of 2019 over that of the same period in 2018. Due to the number, size, and scope of their acquisition activity it was not a matter of increasing revenue, it…
Great Britain’s leading purveyor of death care services reported that for the first 13 weeks of 2019 that they have had fewer services and lower profits than the first quarter of 2018. In a statement very similar to first quarter United States public death care companies, Service Corporation International and Carriage Services, Dignity Plc said…
One of Hollywood’s biggest stars of the 50’s and 60’s died on Monday. Actress and recording star Doris Day died from complications of pneumonia. She was 97. According to an article that you can read here, Day will have no funeral, no memorial, and no grave marker. Day was brought up in the Catholic faith…
We informed you a couple of weeks ago that the State of Washington’s House and Senate had approved both the ability for final disposition not only for alkaline hydrolysis, but for “recomposition” or what some refer to as “human composting. Just the other day we found this article in the Australian publication, The New Daily,…
StoneMor Partners, the Pennsylvania operator of funeral homes and cemeteries announced First Quarter 2019 results last week. The company, which is in what CEO Joe Redling says is an “operational reorganization” continues to see revenues lower and losses larger than the comparable quarter one year ago. For 1Q 2019 revenues amounted to $71.5 million as…
Toronto based funeral and cemetery services provider Park Lawn Corporation announced last week that they have entered into agreements to acquire the assets of Horan & McConaty Funeral Services and the assets of the Baue Funeral Home Company. The press release and more information that you can read from Yahoo Finance here, indicate that the…
