Funeral Director Daily
So, I’ve been around funerals for 55 years. My earliest recollection of a “funeral” goes back to when I was five years old and my parents and older brother went to Grandma’s “funeral” and I stayed home with a sitter. To this day I can remember thinking “What is a funeral?” and “Why am I…
It’s the day following Labor Day and that, traditionally, is when most students joyfully scurry back to the classroom. However, for those in a couple of funeral service collegiate programs it is not so easy this year. We learned last May that Mount Ida College of Massachusetts would be merged (or absorbed) by the University…
We will finish out the week letting you know some of the things that happened over the week without much editorial comment. Have a great weekend and for those of our readers in the United States. . .Happy Labor Day on Monday!! Special Hearse for Aretha Franklin. Click here to see a photo of the…
I read two articles in the past couple of days, that, while not pertaining to funeral homes and funeral home owners directly, do, in my opinion need to be known about by funeral directors. It is my opinion that funeral home business owners and their staffs are the experts on death care in their communities…
Just yesterday Gainsboro Capital did a nice review on Service Corporation International and its operations and financial performance. They published the article on Seeking Alpha and you can see it here. [wpforms id=”436″ title=”true” description=”true”]
Last week Funeral Director Daily passed the 500 subscriber mark for e-mails sent daily to regular readers. Thanks for signing up. All growth has been organic and now, since I’ve learned how to use Google and other search engines we are growing by about 1% per week. When you consider we had about 8 readers…
In two different articles that you can find here and here, the Life Insurance Council (LIC) reported on the results of their study of 2017 Preneed activity. The study found mixed results in that annual premiums for preneed life insurance was $1.3 billion – down 3% from 2016. The study also found that multi-pay policies…
