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Would you spend 30 hours in a coffin??

By Funeral Director Daily / October 10, 2019 /

The headline for this article might seem bizarre, but that is exactly what the amusement park chain, Six Flags, is asking people to do next week.  The annual Six Flags 30-Hour Coffin Challenge is to take place at various parks starting this coming Sunday and Monday.  You can read about it in this article from…

A little late to the game. . .and with only a 1/2 of 1 percent cremation rate

By Funeral Director Daily / October 9, 2019 /

“A little late to the game” or, maybe, “better late than never.”  You can pick the phrase and either of those two will be applicable to the this news that we read in the Greek Reporter earlier this week. That news is, that after being legalized for use 13 years ago in the country, the…

The U.S. Supreme Court and Death Care

By Funeral Director Daily / October 8, 2019 /

There is a lot of talk about the United States Supreme Court this week.  The talk ramps up during the first week of October every year because that is when the court goes back into session hearing cases after its summer recess.  Here is an article from the Washington Post pertaining to the issues coming…

Indigent services increasing in Salt Lake County

By Funeral Director Daily / October 7, 2019 /

This article from the Salt Lake Tribune brings up the subject that indigent deaths paid for by the county has been increasing quite drastically in the past year.  The article points out the over 20% increase in year over year numbers has happened fast. . . going from about four deaths per week earlier this…

Catching up with Tulip Cremation

By Funeral Director Daily / October 4, 2019 /

Last spring Funeral Director Daily published an article on the inception of San Francisco based Tulip Cremation.  You can read that article here.  In it, we had talked that we had been at an industry get together at that time and a lot of talk revolved around how Tulip Cremation, and its internet direct to…

Iowa Attorney General investigating two funeral homes prepaid accounts

By Funeral Director Daily / October 3, 2019 /

According to an article published yesterday from Radio Iowa that you can read here, the Iowa attorney general is going to court asking that the Iowa Insurance Division be allowed to step in and try to recoup money from two funeral homes under investigation. According to a statement in the article, Dennis Britson, of the…

With space issues looming, Army proposes new rules for eligibility at Arlington

By Funeral Director Daily / October 3, 2019 /

According to this article from the Washington Post, new rules are being proposed on who can be buried at Arlington National Cemetery because of space issues.  In the article, Karen Durham-Aguilera, the cemetery’s executive director states, “Our reality is that we are running out of space.  Without any changes in eligibility we will be full…

The cost of a funeral, financial literacy. . . and more

By Funeral Director Daily / October 2, 2019 /

I read and then viewed this news story from KPLC-TV of Lake Charles, Louisiana and thought to myself, “Wow they did a pretty fair job of telling of the plight of paying for a funeral when no planning has been done.”  You see, a lot of people like to blame the unexpected expenses of a…

Funeral home sets up foundation to help with funeral costs

By Funeral Director Daily / October 1, 2019 /

We recently came across this article from the Manchester Ink Link which informed the public that the Phaneuf Family Foundation had been set up with a tripartite mission for the benefit of individuals and families of New Hampshire and Vermont.  The foundation will be led by Arthur O. “Buddy” Phaneuf, President of Phaneuf Funeral Homes…

Make use of the Funeral Director Daily “Free Classifieds”

By Funeral Director Daily / September 30, 2019 /

Funeral Director Daily offers free classified advertising in the following categories: Employment Opportunities Funeral Businesses for Sale Insurance Products We just want to make sure that your company is aware of these free opportunities to reach potential employees and customers.  Ads are free and will stay on the blog-site for 30 days without any effort…