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Toronto company creates home decor urn

By Funeral Director Daily / September 19, 2019 /

We recently learned thru a press release, that you can read here, of a Toronto based company, UrbanRIP, that has created a new urn called the Candlestick Egg Urn.  From our point of view, it is an urn designed to fit in a home decor where it will have meaning and accessibility for the family…

Death Care around the world

By Funeral Director Daily / September 19, 2019 /

Every once in a while we like to just bring our readers news from around the world of Death Care.  And, today, our news around the world of death care is truly from around the world. The following articles bring news from three continents — from North America we bring you news of funeral home…

A reminder about the National Cemetery Administration

By Funeral Director Daily / September 18, 2019 /

Like most funeral directors, those of us at Funeral Director Daily believe it is our sacred duty to serve the military veterans of our country with honor and dignity.  Because of that fact, we wanted to make sure that all funeral directors are aware that the National Cemetery Scheduling Office (NCSO) began the conversion to…

Does more money = more services??

By Funeral Director Daily / September 18, 2019 /

It’s a habit that I just can’t seem to let go of.  I’m just business oriented and when I read something I have this habit of taking the information and transforming it into how it may or may not affect the business that I am in.  As some of you know, I’m an early investor…

More from the Pacific Northwest

By Funeral Director Daily / September 17, 2019 /

We gave you an article this morning that dealt with the State of Oregon.  The following article is a terrific business article that comes from their neighbor state to the north, Washington. Here is a really interesting article that brings up many of the challenges of full-service funeral homes and what they face, especially those…

Article says Oregon “falls short” in death care inspections

By Funeral Director Daily / September 17, 2019 /

I came across a really good consumer information article the other day about the State of Oregon and its Mortuary and Cemetery Board.  The point of the article was an information topic on how the funeral home, cremation, and cemetery industry is regulated in that state.  You can read the article here. As my headline…

Australian pre-need insurer faces investigation and civil action

By Funeral Director Daily / September 16, 2019 /

This article from the Sydney Morning Herald relates to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) that, according to that article, commenced action last week against funeral and accident insurance company Select AFSL  and its director, Russell Howden. The article mentions that the company faces a lawsuit from Australia’s corporate regulator over what they call…

Dillinger may not be exhumed after all

By Funeral Director Daily / September 13, 2019 /

Last month we brought you this story that pertained to the exhumation of a legendary bank robber who was at one time known as “Public Enemy #1”.  We refer to the life and death of John Dillinger and his eventual burial at the Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis, Indiana. We told you last month that…

The Federal Funds rate and your funeral home

By Funeral Director Daily / September 12, 2019 /

Next week the United States Federal Reserve Board will meet in one of their eight yearly meetings.  This group of monetary experts meets to discuss our country’s monetary policy and set the interest rate that the government charges banks for government funds.  Virtually all other rates in the world are then set based on what…

Remembering 9-11 and our funeral director collegues

By Funeral Director Daily / September 11, 2019 /

So today, September 11, 2019, marks the 18th anniversary of the 2001 terror attacks on America.  For those of us who are baby boomers, that day is seared in our memory as are the days of the President John F. Kennedy assassination, the day that astronaut Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, and the day…