Funeral Director Daily
We recently learned, from this article, of the acquisition of the Deal Funeral Directors of Statesboro, Georgia, by the Fidelity Memorial Group based out of Garden City, Georgia. According to the article, the facilty has already been re-branded as the Bulloch Funeral Care and Cremation Center which was done to “reflect new ownership…
On Monday of this week Substack, under their “On Deathcare” platform released a very well researched article by author Tony Russo titled, “Why are we still pretending Homesteaders is ‘just’ a Park Lawn investor?” You can access the article here. (Editor’s Note: Sorry for the delay. This article was scheduled to be…
Parting Stone, the pioneer in solidified remains, announced last week in a press release that they have hired the 2025 recipient of the National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) Inspiration Award, Katey Houston, “. . to lead strategic engagement between funeral professionals and the families they serve.” According to the press release, “Houston’s background…
That might be an odd headline for a funeral home article, but I had the thought process this week when I wondered if the market for “traditional funerals” has “aged-out”. And, if so, what do you do about it? My process started on Friday night of last weekend when my wife, Angie, asked…
Last week Batesville announced in this press release that they had “made an equity investment in Eterneva and formed a strategic partnership with the company to expand access to custom memorial diamonds.” Batesville also made this comment in the release, “Batesville will leverage its national network of customer relationships to bring Eterneva’s memorial diamond…
It’s imperative in today’s information age where all kinds of information is available to the public that the obituaries your funeral home disseminates get seen by the appropriate audience. It’s no different than what I do with Funeral Director Daily — using the right techniques to make sure my postings on Facebook get maximum…
Recently private company Everstory Partners, who may be the 2nd largest Death Care services company in North America ranked on revenue, published an impressive “Year in Review” document that you can access here. In an opening letter from the document company President and CEO Lilly Donohue makes this statement, “In 2025, Everstory…
In their morning edition Connecting Directors reported receiving a confirmation from Park Lawn Corporation that confirmed not only CEO Jennifer Hay and COO Mat Forastiere are leaving the company but that Jay Dodds would also be leaving. According to Connecting Directors, here is the statement from Park Lawn Corporation: “Park Lawn Corporation…
Last evening funeral service publication Connecting Directors reported that Park Lawn Corporation made leadership changes earlier in the week that included the replacement of Chief Executive Officer Jennifer Hay and Chief Operating Officer Mat Forastiere. Again according to Connecting Directors, Markus Sturm was named to step into the role as CEO of…
It’s no secret that women are entering the funeral service profession in high numbers. Only a year ago a new organization, Funeral Women Lead, was founded that acknolwedged that fact and set out to make sure that women have support and advancement opportunities in Death Care. In pursuit of those goals Funeral…
