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Memorial Day 2018

By Funeral Director Daily / May 28, 2018 /

Memorial Day 2018.  God Bless America!!  Today’s Funeral Director Daily column consists of a re-print of three different articles we have done within the past year.  The first article deals with the 3rd Infantry Regiment – known as the Old Guard – who annually place flags at all veteran graves at Arlington National Cemetery. The…

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Pearl Harbor Memorial Closed Indefinitely

By Funeral Director Daily / May 27, 2018 /

We recently learned just in time for Memorial Day that the memorial at Pearl Harbor that commemorates and recognizes the U.S.S. Arizona and its place in the 1941 surprise attack will be closed indefinitely.  Apparently, from the article that you can read here, some cracks in the floor of the memorial or the entry that…

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Fire Department called to crematory in suburban San Diego

By Funeral Director Daily / May 25, 2018 /

On Thursday, May 24, a suburban San Diego fire department was called to a crematory.  Evidently, according to Fox 5 of San Diego, a crematory door was ajar and led to billowing smoke from the chimney and out the buildings doors.  Again, according to Fox 5, the fire suppression system also kicked into gear leading…

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New York Veteran’s Cemetery ponders cremation as Revenue Source

By Funeral Director Daily / May 25, 2018 /

The Seneca County Board of Supervisors recently heard a proposal from Sampson Veterans Memorial Cemetery general manager William Yale about the possibility of adding a crematory to increase revenue to the cemetery in the future.  You can read about this proposal in the article here from the Olean Times Herald. According to the article this…

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Twin Cities Catholic Cemeteries to offer Natural Burial Option

By Funeral Director Daily / May 24, 2018 /

In an article that you can read here the Twin Cities (Minneapolis-St. Paul) Catholic Cemetery group is in the process of preparing to offer natural, or green burials, as an option as early as this fall.  The group has announced that it is readying a portion of one of its cemeteries, Resurrection Cemetery in Mendota…

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The New “Man in a Van”

By Funeral Director Daily / May 23, 2018 /

Yesterday we brought you information about Pure Cremation, the United Kingdom company thriving with its niche business of simply cremating the deceased at a low price and offering no services.  Today, we bring you this article from the Amarillo Globe-News.  The article introduces you to Lighthouse Funeral and Cremation Services. Lighthouse is the brainchild of…

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Pure Cremation Secures $10 million in Venture Financing

By Funeral Director Daily / May 22, 2018 /

Pure Cremation, the company that was started in the United Kingdom in 2015 recently announced that it will have received a total of US $10 million in funding for its low cost model of simple cremations following death.  According to this article from Evening Express which you can read here, Elliot Kaye, an investment director…

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Security National Memorial segment increases Sales and Profits

By Funeral Director Daily / May 21, 2018 /

Last week, public company Security National Financial Corporation reported the results of their First Quarter of 2018.  In the press release that you can read here they report that two of their three operating segments had increases in sales and profits on a year over year basis. As you may recall, Security National Financial Corporation…

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From the Hall of Fame to Home Removals

By Funeral Director Daily / May 21, 2018 /

You can read a recent article from the Miami Sun Sentinel here that catches up with former Montreal Expo, Chicago Cub, Boston Red Sox, and Miami Marlins outfielder Andre Dawson.  The article explains that when the new ownership group of the Marlins, which includes Derek Jeter, took over the Marlins they jettisoned Dawson from the…

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Fire Destroys Michigan Funeral Home

By Funeral Director Daily / May 18, 2018 /

A fire during the evening of May 16 and early morning hours of May 17 destroyed the Sharp Funeral Home in Schwartz Creek, Michigan.  You can see a video news story provided by ABC 12 News here as well as read an article on the event. Funeral Director Daily take:  When an event like this…

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