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Can this happen in the USA?

By Funeral Director Daily / September 12, 2018 /

We reported in early 2018 that Dignity, the United Kingdom’s 2nd largest funeral merchant with a reported 12% of total market share dropped pricing by 50% in its lowest priced service segment to try to grapple more market share away from leader Co-op Funeralcare who has a purported 16% of the market share. All reports…

Testimony Continues in Memphis Trial

By Funeral Director Daily / September 11, 2018 /

The Memphis trial that concerns possible funeral director liability over the mismanagement of the Galilee Memorial Gardens in Memphis, Tennessee continues. You can read an article about Monday’s testimony here. The trial is trying to prove that more than 12 funeral homes failed to supervise burials at the cemetery and hold them liable for pain…

Michigan Cemetery goes to ballot for Funding

By Funeral Director Daily / September 11, 2018 /

Voters in Whiteford Township near Monroe, Michigan will have an extra ballot question to ponder and vote on when they go to the ballot on November 6. Township supervisors have asked the residents to vote on a small mill rate that would tax themselves for the operation and upkeep of the township’s aging cemeteries. You…

Cremation Monday

By Funeral Director Daily / September 10, 2018 /

If you are or have been in the death care business for any length of time you can relate to all the talk about the popularity of cremation gaining in the last twenty years and at an incredible pace for the past 5-7 years. All of us know of the issues that lower revenue per…

The Monument Business is Changing Too

By Funeral Director Daily / September 7, 2018 /

The accelerating trend over the past 20 years towards cremation as a method of final disposition has not only affected how funeral homes and cemeteries operate. It has created issues with casket companies, burial vault companies, and monument dealers as well. I came across this article from Columbus CEO which exhibits some ways in which…

More on the Memphis Trial

By Funeral Director Daily / September 6, 2018 /

Here is an article from the USA Today about the Memphis cemetery trial. This article gives some more insight into what is alleged to have happened and why plaintiffs believe that funeral homes are, at least in part, responsible. [wpforms id=”436″ title=”true” description=”true”]

Whose Liability is it?

By Funeral Director Daily / September 6, 2018 /

Tuesday marked the opening of a trial in Memphis, Tennessee that you can read about here that is trying to get a finding as to whose responsibility is it when families have had grossly mishandled burials. In this case, that of the Galilee Memorial Gardens of Memphis, a lawsuit in which more than 1,200 families…

The McCain Funeral. . . Just a Thought

By Funeral Director Daily / September 5, 2018 /

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…

Back to School. . . . or maybe Not

By Funeral Director Daily / September 4, 2018 /

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…

In The News. . . .

By Funeral Director Daily / August 31, 2018 /

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…

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