Funeral Director Daily
Since 1986 the country of France has banned the embalming of bodies of those who have been known to host the HIV virus. On Thursday, July 20, 2017, that ban was lifted according to an article we found in The Local, France’s English language paper. According to the article embalming is generally done on about…
Read MoreYesterday’s edition of the Morning Call, a newspaper covering the Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania carried an article about a new crematory receiving permission to be installed by the Fullerton Wilbert Vault and Burial Company in the Lehigh Valley. It goes on to say the the zoning board unanimously approved the installation for a business that…
Read MoreI woke up Tuesday morning and noticed that Stonmor’s stock had plunged almost 11%. In checking it out I noticed that the company issued a statement that they are in technical default on their revolving credit agreement and they mentioned that they may have more adverse events occur in mid-August. The stock was trading at…
Read MoreI happened to be watching a funeral industry podcast today and this question was asked of the “Expert” , “What value to the sale are pre-arrangement contracts that are not tied to the funeral home, but could be moved?” The expert’s answer was something like this, “Absolutely nothing. They can be moved to a competing…
Read MoreThe first time I visited Hawaii was in 1988. I’d been working as a funeral director for about eight years at the time and knew that funeral service in Hawaii was a little bit different than in Minnesota simply because of the oriental and polynesian cultural influences on the customs as well as the, at…
Read MoreI’m using Friday’s column to catch up with some things I’ve seen in the industry concerning acquisitions over the past 2-3 weeks. It’s interesting but not surprising that we continue to see acquisitions in the industry over that time period. In the last three weeks we have seen: Thacker Casket acquire Madison Casket Company. According…
Read MoreOn Sunday I heard of a potential hostage situation at a funeral home in Las Vegas. According to the Las Vegas Review it was not a hostage situation but a situation of a man threatening to shoot himself inside the Davis Funeral Home in Las Vegas. Authorities were called to the funeral home, roads —…
Read MoreEvery year the National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) publishes their Cremation and Burial Report. This year’s much anticipated copy was released on July 6, 2017. It is an interesting document filled with statistics, research, and dialogue that should be a must read for every person in the Death Care industry. You can read it here.…
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