Funeral Director Daily

Illinois Funeral Home Celebrates Earth Day

By Funeral Director Daily / April 24, 2017 /

An Illinois funeral home used a simple, but effective, way to showcase their commitment to the environment during an Earth Day celebration  last Saturday.  According to an article in the Quincy, Illinois based Herald-Whig, Quincy based Hansen-Spear Funeral Home held their first “Celebration of the Living Green” on Saturday afternoon. The funeral home, who has…

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Fayetteville Crematory Approved with Interesting Requirement

By Funeral Director Daily / April 14, 2017 /

The Carl J. Mowell & Son Funeral Home of Fayetteville, Georgia, has been granted a Special Exception from the Fayettevill City council to allow for a crematory  on the site of their existing  Fayettville funeral home.  According to an article in the Fayette County News, a Special Exception was needed because under current zoning laws a…

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Mississippi Funeral Home creates Wall of Memories

By Funeral Director Daily / April 13, 2017 /

Ricky Holland has been co-Owner and President of Corinthian Funeral Home for the past 25 years.  He loves his job, loves the people he has served, and is now going out of his way to make sure that no client of Corinthian Funeral Home is forgotten. In an article published in the Daily Corinthian of…

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Omaha Mortuary Sues Mathews International

By Funeral Director Daily / April 12, 2017 /

Owners of the Heafey Hoffmann Dworak & Cutler Funeral Home in Omaha, Nebraska, and their insurers, Cincinnati Casualty Company and Cincinnati Indemnity Company filed a lawsuit on March 20, 2017, against Mathews International concerning a fire at the mortuary that happened over a year ago. The Omaha World Herald has reported that on January 26,…

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John Glenn Laid to Rest at Arlington

By Funeral Director Daily / April 11, 2017 /

American icon, John Glenn, was laid to rest with full Military Honors on Thursday, April 6, 2017, at Arlington National Cemetery.  According to an article in the Columbus Dispatch, the interment followed a short, private service at the Old Post Chapel at Arlington. Glenn, age 95, had died on December 8, 2016, but was laid…

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SCI adds El Paso Combo

By Funeral Director Daily / April 10, 2017 /

According to a recent article in the El Paso Times, funeral giant Service Corporation International (SCI) has added an 8th facility in the El Paso, Texas, market.  They have recently had an Open House and Grand Opening to announce the opening at the Evergreen East Funeral Home on the city’s East Montana  Avenue. While it is the…

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Japanese Funeral Home Offers Discount to Get Elderly Off The Road

By Funeral Director Daily / April 7, 2017 /

It seems like the old story about just when you thought you had heard it all in the realm of discounts , a new twist enters the market that your funeral home now has to compete with.  According to an article in The Business Times a Japanese funeral home is offering discounts on their inevitable…

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Controversial Topic – Freedom of Religion for Public Funded Services

By Funeral Director Daily / April 6, 2017 /

Every now and then we will touch on a subject that has no correct answer but reasoning for both sides of the issue.  Our goal in the “Controversial Topic” forum will be to provoke thought and discussion among our readers and their co-workers. Today we touch on the topic of “Should we allow freedom of…

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Austin Officials Ponder Difficult Situation at Cemetery

By Funeral Director Daily / April 5, 2017 /

Officials in Austin, Texas, have their hands full in trying to figure out how to proceed with an issue that has risen at the Oakwood Cemetery in that city.  According to the Austin based American-Statesman a chapel restoration project on the cemetery grounds has been halted because it appears that human burial graves have been…

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2016 Flooding Causes New Burial Rules

By Funeral Director Daily / April 4, 2017 /

Burial in Louisiana is just different from what we have in Minnesota.  In Minnesota where it is joked that we have two seasons, Winter and Road Construction, we do have issues digging through the almost permafrost in our winter months.  But after seeing the following article, I guess a little cold weather is okay considering…

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