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Inflation, shortages cause death care issues in Venezuela

By Funeral Director Daily / December 7, 2018 /

If you have watched the news in the last few months you understand the social and economic unrest in the Venezuela social state as the citizens are pleading for more control over their own lives.  It is sad, depressing, and quite frankly, very difficult to understand how a socialist economy can recover. We bring you…

Are you looking ahead?

By Funeral Director Daily / December 7, 2018 /

Yesterday I had about two hours of windshield time on a drive and when I have that type of time to drive I like to turn to business radio and listen to what is going on in that world of business.  One of the interesting topics yesterday was the item about General Motors and its…

Revisiting the disposition of the Splendid Splinter

By Funeral Director Daily / December 6, 2018 /

So, I thought I would bring up something that I had not thought about for probably a dozen years but the issue surfaced when I did a search to find out about the dispositions of Presidents and Vice-Presidents as a result of President George H.W. Bush’s death. When I searched for different methods of dispositions…

A National Day of Mourning

By Funeral Director Daily / December 5, 2018 /

Former President George Herbert Walker Bush died Friday at his home in Houston, Texas. Bush served as the President of the United States from 1989 to 1993.  His funeral service from the National Cathedral in Washington, DC will be held today (Wednesday) and President Trump has declared this day a “National Day of Mourning”. Part…

Do you know your trade partners?

By Funeral Director Daily / December 4, 2018 /

Back in 2002 all of us in the death care industry got a shock when we found out about what was happening in Georgia with the case of the Tri-State Crematory.  For those of you who are too young or just don’t remember it was the first time we ever heard of a funeral trade…

InvoCare stock being shorted

By Funeral Director Daily / December 3, 2018 /

I just saw this article over the weekend and thought I would send it out.  It pertains to the stock of Australian death care leader InvoCare being shorted by many investors.  Being “shorted” means, in basic terms, that many investors believe that the share price will go lower. I thought it interesting in light of…

The Funeral of a Clown

By Funeral Director Daily / December 3, 2018 /

Much like our funeral home, most funeral homes have an aftercare project where they help those widowed people in the community blend back into life in what I call a “new normal”.  Part of that service is helping these people socialize and might entail, something like we do many times annually, loading onto a bus…

A rural cemetery issue we are glad we don’t all have

By Funeral Director Daily / November 30, 2018 /

Yesterday we opined with an article that mentioned some of the problems that rural cemeteries had in finding the funds to continue to operate in light of the reduction in demand for earth burials and cemetery space. Since it is Friday we thought we would end the week by bringing you this video and print…

Women Funeral Directors continue making their mark

By Funeral Director Daily / November 30, 2018 /

I’ve mentioned it before but when I graduated from the University of Minnesota with a degree in Mortuary Science in 1980 I believe that there was one woman in our graduating class of about 40 people (2.5%).  I’m not amazed at the progress that women in the industry have made since that time because the…

Bloomberg: Price War to hit UK Funeral Sector

By Funeral Director Daily / November 29, 2018 /

In an article published earlier today on Bloomberg.com that you can read here, it is reported that the Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) of Great Britain report that “price increases over the past decade, particularly by larger chains, can’t be justified by higher costs or quality improvements”.  The CMA goes on to suggest a proposal…