Funeral Director Daily
Every so often someone asks me what I think of the funeral/cremation/cemetery companies that are in the public ownership realm. So, today I will start giving you my opinions of what I think each is trying to, or should try to accomplish. Each in this series of write ups will be my day to be…
The common held belief in the funeral and cremation services business is that people will always need death care professionals to execute the lawful disposition of the deceased. However, another trend that has been taking place over the past ten years is that a larger percentage of the client families that you serve will be…
In the aftermath of the devastating tornado that hit the southeast portion of the United States, the Alabama Mortuary Response Team has been called into action. According to this article from the Cullman Times, at least 23 individuals have died as a result of the twister. The tornado struck Sunday and according to the article…
It’s Monday morning and I thought I would bring you some news that hit the wire over the weekend. Nothing new about this news. . . if anything it continues to reinforce the facts that cremation is increasing, people are still paranoid about funeral homes, and less caskets are being sold in America. Here’s is…
In a release from Globe Newswire that you can read here, Security National Financial Corporation’s wholly owned subsidiary, Memorial Mortuaries and Cemeteries, announced the acquisition of two funeral homes in Utah. Security National Financial Corporation is a Utah based public company and is engaged in three business segments — life insurance, cemetery and mortuary, and…
Two articles were recently written about an article that was published by Dr. Nathan Yu and colleagues in the Journal of American Medicine (JAMA) on February 26. The JAMA article was a case report dealing with a 69 year old man with pancreatic cancer who was treated with nuclear medicine at an Arizona hospital in…
On February 22 Carriage Services executives including CEO Mel Payne and Chief Financial Officer Ben Brink held a call with investment advisors relating to the Full Year 2018 results of Carriage Services. You can read a full transcript of that call here. A few days ago we reported on the earnings report in this column…
While I was researching for articles for today’s post it just hit me as I looked at the articles and I realized that just about everyday some funeral director is written up in their local newspaper because what they have meant to their community. Most of us are happy to be in the background just…
Park Lawn Corporation, the Toronto based cemetery and funeral home consolidator announced last week that they had reached an agreement to purchase Madison, Wisconsin based Cress Funeral Service for US$ 20.3 million. You can read a press release from Park Lawn here. Park Lawn, in their press release, makes these statements: The price to be…
