Funeral Director Daily
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…
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…
Funeral directors in Birmingham, Alabama, are struggling to understand and cope with the ever increasing violence in that city. According to an article in the Birmingham Times gun violence has increased by 80% over the past three years and is heading for a triple digit increase this year. Not only has the violence, much like…
A really interesting question and answer interview appeared in the Spokane based Spokesman-Review recently. The interview was with Hennessey Funeral Home and Crematory Managing partner Scott Dahl and is very comprehensive on his management style, philosophy, and the nature of funeral service in the Pacific Northwest. Dahl, who originally received a communications degree, touches on…
For those of you who have actually sat in the arrangement conference room the above headline probably is no surprise. A press release from Response Source, who is advocating on the part of Pure Cremation, is an interesting read on how arguments over funeral arrangements can happen. According to the release one of the top…
I recently ran across an article from the Straits Times of Singapore featuring the young life history of Mr. Shane Teo who is an embalming apprentice with one of the largest companies in Singapore, Ang Chin Moh. In reading the article, and I don’t pretend to know a great deal of the culture in Singapore,…
A nice article has appeared in the Valley News Dispatch concerning Raymond J. Slater IV and his wife, Molly, and their ambitions in purchasing the defunct Krupa Funeral Home in New Kensington, Pennsylvania, and their methods of renovating in order to open their own funeral service business. According to the article the Krupa Funeral Home…
