Funeral Director Daily
As has become our custom, Funeral Director Daily reports and gives our commentary on Quarterly and Annual financial reports of the public companies in Death Care. And, then it comes to the principals of those public companies giving commentary and answering questions for financial reporters about their reports in what are called Earnings Calls.…
I was a funeral director that operated my own funeral home with the help of five or six other licensed funeral directors. Much of the last 15 years of my work-life consisted of management, but there were times where I made funeral arrangements, wrote obituaries, and was asked to produce video tributes. …
Green-Wood Cemetery, the venerable and historic cemetery in New York City announced last week a plan to become the first facility on America’s East Coast that will offer Natural Organic Reduction (NOR) or Terramation within its facililty. Legalized in the state of New York in 2023, Green-Wood says, according to this recent article from…
Funeral directors should feel good about their role in helping the “The Department of Veterans Affairs’ National Cemetery Administration earn the highest customer satisfaction score ever achieved by any public or private organization measured by the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI), as part of the group’s 2025 report.” According to this press release…
When Funeral Director Daily put out our last list of Top Five read articles for the month it was on the heels of Holiday readership which dropped. Well, our readership for January rebounded to almost record levels and it appears that part of the reason was that there was something of interest for readers…
It was just two months ago that Funeral Director Daily published this article titled “Park Lawn purchases 8 funeral homes in greater Oklahoma City market”. At that time the press release from Park Lawn Corporation (PLC) noted that “Entering Oklahoma marks an exciting milestone in our growth strategy.. . ” And recently,…
Valentine’s Day is in the past and we have already arrived at the 3rd Tuesday of February which means that it is time for the monthly Cremation Association of North America’s (CANA) Funeral Professional Peer Support Meeting. Here’s what a recent CANA press release said about this month’s session: “As practitioners,…
Going back to the time — over 50 years ago — when I was in junior high school (Middle School today) I had discusions with my father from time-to-time about what I would want to do with my life as I grew up. When it came to following in his footsteps in the family…
In only a few short years Titan Casket has proved to have “staying power” as a “Direct-to-Consumer” casket company. And, while they have bonafide products to sell to the public their way of doing so has to be termed “a little unconventional”. They are what I term “a little edgy” in their…
I found an interesting but somewhat unusual opinion article from Seeking Alpha the other day that dealt with Death Care provider Carriage Services. The article is titled “Carriage: Dividend trends by the numbers” and can be accessed here. While Funeral Director Daily generally does not give opinions on articles such as this I’m…
