Funeral Director Daily

Autopsy Backlog in Iowa causing Problems

By Funeral Director Daily / June 21, 2017 /

I came across a report from KWWL -TV in Iowa the other day that would have really caused problems for me and the families I served if it happened in my area.  And, according to Iowa Funeral Director Steven Corson, it is starting to cause problems for him at the the Kaiser-Corson Funeral Home. The…

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Understanding Grieving Styles for Aftercare

By Funeral Director Daily / June 20, 2017 /

I happened across a post by Alyssa McNab on the Homesteaders Life Company blog the other day that I found very interesting.  Ms. McNab had interviewed Dr. Jason Trayer of Mt. Hope Grief Services on the grief process including what he refers to as instrumental and intuitive grief. Dr. Trayer delves a little into the…

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Army finally finalizes plans for Arlington Expansion Land

By Funeral Director Daily / June 19, 2017 /

For several years now the U.S. Army, operators of Arlington National Cemetery, have planned for an expansion to the south but had not really figured out how they were going to get the land to do so.  It was thought that they would probably do some type of land swap with Arlington County, Virginia, and…

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Get to know Assurant

By Funeral Director Daily / June 16, 2017 /

As you are probably aware of we at Funeral Director Daily have built up our own index of public stocks which reflect six companies with, at least a part of their business entity in the Death Care profession.  Our hope is that by watching this index, and how the companies operate, we can learn something…

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Protecting Your Brand

By Funeral Director Daily / June 15, 2017 /

We have not been listening if we don’t understand how important a branding image is to businesses as they continue to move forward and grow.  Your mind will see an image and immediately conjure up some type of feeling toward that image.  American companies learned long ago that bringing a positive image up in your…

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What will your funeral home be doing on the 4th of July

By Funeral Director Daily / June 14, 2017 /

Our youngest son graduated from high school yesterday and today my wife and I booked a short trip to Rhode Island to take in the longest continuous running July 4th Parade in the country in Bristol, Rhode Island.  Literature says that the parade has been continuously operated since 1787.  We are hoping for a little…

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Kauai Cemeteries Running out of Space

By Funeral Director Daily / June 13, 2017 /

I’ve been a frequent visitor to the beautiful state of Hawaii – probably going for business or pleasure at least 25 times in the last 30 years.  I love it there and find my little piece of paradise until I return home. An article in The Garden Isle, the newspaper of the Island of Kauai…

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Neptune Society offers Consumer Webinar

By Funeral Director Daily / June 12, 2017 /

There is no doubt that the death care industry continues to consolidate and there is also no doubt that while being large, slow, and methodical may create some problems, it can also use economies of scale to its advantage.  For about 35 years I was the owner/operator of a small town funeral home and I…

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Blind Embalmer Makes the Grade

By Funeral Director Daily / June 8, 2017 /

Just when you think you have seen it all – and I should know better after over 35 years in the business – you see something that you just look at and say, “How can that work”.  I came across an interesting article out of New Zealand from Stuff.com.nz today that tells the story of…

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Ohio Man Builds Partnership with Cemetery on Columbarium

By Funeral Director Daily / June 7, 2017 /

Normand Laliberte used to work for the Hummel Funeral Homes in Akron, Ohio.  He confesses that he thinks funeral costs are getting pretty high and is interested in lowering the costs to families.  One step he has taken on his own is to build a columbarium in a small cemetery so that families may have…

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