Funeral Director Daily
Recently as I peruse articles about the death care business I’ve been surprised by the number of articles that deal with some type of government funded “cut” coming to funeral service. Just a week after posting about the Province of New Brunswick (Canada) reducing government support for indigent funeral and cremation services, I have discovered…
As I’ve said before on these pages — I retired from full-time funeral directing about four years ago and continue as a part-time minority owner of the firm I was affiliated with for over 33 years. A lot of things have changed over that time but – as many of you will agree – probably…
On June 23 Weekly Hub reported the consensus of analysts who cover funeral industry public company Carriage Services (CSV) are anticipating an announcement of earnings of $0.40 per share when announced in about a month on July 25. They suggest that this would be a slight increase from the $0.37 EPS from the companies last…
Just the other day an article on SeekingAlpha.com came out reporting on the status of public funeral home consolidator Service Corporation International (SCI). As I’ve said before I’ve always kept up with the public companies in the death care industry because by following them I’ve learned things that have improved my own small business. I…
Chicagoan Michi Kustra had a great career with the global ad agency Leo Burnett in Chicago. She was building a corporate resume by climbing up the ladder working in e-commerce as a senior level marketing and merchandising executive. Clients of hers included Spiegel Catalog, retailer Herman Miller, and high end office furniture company Office Designs.…
The province of New Brunswick in Canada has just approved a new three-year contract with the 64 funeral homes and 500 funeral directors in the province for payment of those people who cannot afford to pay for their own funerals. According to the recent release from cbc.ca most funeral practitioners are not happy. When asked…
I came across a report from KWWL -TV in Iowa the other day that would have really caused problems for me and the families I served if it happened in my area. And, according to Iowa Funeral Director Steven Corson, it is starting to cause problems for him at the the Kaiser-Corson Funeral Home. The…
I happened across a post by Alyssa McNab on the Homesteaders Life Company blog the other day that I found very interesting. Ms. McNab had interviewed Dr. Jason Trayer of Mt. Hope Grief Services on the grief process including what he refers to as instrumental and intuitive grief. Dr. Trayer delves a little into the…
