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New Helicopter Crew Monument Approved at Arlington

By Funeral Director Daily / May 9, 2017 /

It probably should not take this long but a monument proposed three years ago in 2104 to honor Vietnam era helicopter pilots has just been approved by Congress for acceptance and placement into Arlington National Cemetery. An article in Military acknowledges that the idea for the monument was spearheaded in 2014 by Retired Air Force…

Kentucky Funeral Home Investigated for Fraud

By Funeral Director Daily / May 8, 2017 /

A Benton, Kentucky funeral home has had his funeral home searched as allegations of fraud have been leveled against him. According to the West Kentucky Star.com article, the Kentucky Department of Insurance is investigating complaints from customers who allegedly paid Filbeck-Cann & King Funeral Home owner Tim King to buy insurance policies that he never…

Loss of Cemetery Revenue Causes Tricky Response

By Funeral Director Daily / May 5, 2017 /

A friendly but complicated twist has occurred in a cemetery that contains the remains of border towns in Hebron, Illinois. According to an article in the Lake Geneva News the Linn-Hebron Cemetery was started many years ago by members of the Linn Presbyterian Church, which used to be located in Hebron, Illinois, and started the…

SCI Announces First Quarter Results

By Funeral Director Daily / May 4, 2017 /

In a Press Release dated April 26, 2017, Service Corporation International announced that they earned $0.38 per share in the first quarter as compared to their 2016 result of $0.28 for the same time period. Tom Ryan, the company’s CEO explained, ” Strong preneed cemetery sales production and an increase in funeral services performed were…

Smaller Firms Adding Crematories

By Funeral Director Daily / May 3, 2017 /

An article that appeared in the Green County Daily World of Linton, Indiana, caught my attention the other day. It was entitled “Walton’s install crematory at Welch & Cornet Funeral Home in Worthington”. I read the article and then did a little research. The article states that the crematory will be the first in Greene…

Living the Dream in Pelham, New York

By Funeral Director Daily / May 2, 2017 /

I recently discovered an inspiring article about a young man and his quest to be involved in funeral service on the web-site IrishCentral.com. The article centers around Irish born Clive Anderson, age 34, who now owns his own funeral home in Yonkers, New York. It is a true tale of a young man who saw…

Arizona Teen Good Deed is “Life-Changing”

By Funeral Director Daily / May 1, 2017 /

It was recently reported on the web-site AZFamily.com that a teenager from Chandler, Arizona, found out that his good deed and Eagle Scout project was “Life-Changing” to him. Adrian Dozal, 16, used a personal connection to an Arizona cemetery to create a project to bring the cemetery back from disrepair and in the process learned…

Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science Partners with Community College

By Funeral Director Daily / April 28, 2017 /

The Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science (CCMS) announced a partnership with Terra State Community College of Fremont, Ohio, where the two institutions will work together to make it more convenient for students to eventually earn their bachelor’s degree from CCMS. The agreement, according to an article in The Freemont News-Messenger, calls for prospective CCMS students to…

Carriage Services Reports Record Q1 2017 Revenues

By Funeral Director Daily / April 27, 2017 /

According to a Carriage Services Press Release of April 26, 2017, the company posted record revenue results for the First Quarter of 2017. Carriage announced that their revenue for the first three months of 2017 was $68.1 million as compared to last years $63.3 million for the same time period — an increase of 7.6% Earnings…

VA Cemeteries to Give Pre-Need Eligibility Verification

By Funeral Director Daily / April 26, 2017 /

According to a recent article by Veteran’s advocate Gary Alexander in the Gainsville (TX) Daily Register honorably discharged veterans can now apply for burial in national cemeteries pre-need. Until recently, veterans, and their families, had to wait until need (at the time of a death) to apply for burial. The Veteran’s Administration press release states,…

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