Funeral Director Daily
I’ve always been intrigued by the stock market. I can remember over 50 years ago talking to my dad about what he thought was the end-all when looking at companies to potentially invest in. For him it was the P/E ratio. Dad always wanted the stock to have a P/E ratio of 15 or less…
When I first started making funeral arrangements it was in the day of over 90% earth burials in my community. I remember many times when making the removal of the deceased at the nursing home, hospital, or private residence that the next of kin would say to me, “When do we come in to pick…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
