Funeral Director Daily
You would have had to be on the moon or Mars for the past 4 months to not notice the underlying social cultural tones to this year’s election process in the United States. Regardless of which side you are on you would have noticed the underlying politics of the respective parties in relation…
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Funeral Director Daily does a good job of notifying our readers when the large corporate companies acquire new funeral homes. It appears that these transacations are a consistent regular occurrence, although there are some ebbs and flows to the pipeline of deals. We also know that large corporate consolidators and their purchases are…
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We learned earlier this week that registration for the Cremation Association of North America (CANA) 2025 Cremation Symposium is in full swing. The event returns to Las Vegas and the Paris Las Vegas Hotel and Casino from February 26-28, 2025. It’s an annual Death Care event where participants network with leaders from all…
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While it can be tough being an employee of a family-owned funeral home, sometimes employees don’t understand it can be tough being the owner or boss as well. I’ve been on both sides — being an employee in my college days and then coming home and being the boss. . . . I’ve…
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While it is all anecdotal on my part, what I’ve seen lately leads me to believe that there is plenty of money in circulation looking for investment and that some of that money will end up going into the Death Care sphere. I’ve noticed it for the last year by having private equity…
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Wreaths Across America, the non-profit organization that works with volunteers and over 4,800 cemetery locations to place wreaths on our honored veterans graves has its matching donation program in place through today where your donation can be matched by corporate companies Jersey Mike’s Subs and Norfolk Southern. For each $17 wreath donated, Jersey Mike’s…
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Today is December 2 and we are into the last month of 2024. If you are involved in investments — and virtually everybody in this day and age of 401k’s, IRA’s, 529 Plans, and the like is – you have to admit it’s been a pretty good year. And finally, it has even…
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It’s funny how when you get older and more mature that certain situations and happenings bring back a forgotten remembrance to you. Today’s article is the result of one of those memories. It’s the day after Thanksgiving and, because of that timing, I’m guessing that not too many will open and read…
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Editor’s Note: It was in the middle of America’s Civil War, the year 1863, that President Abraham Lincoln decided that Americans should give “Thanks” for the blessings bestowed upon them. . . Even during this dire time when citizens where fighting against fellow citizens. . . and brothers against brothers. It was…
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You’re a funeral home or cemetery owner/operator and you are in the final stages of planning that 2025 business budget. If you have loans for livery vehicles or building improvements that are either adjustable or coming due in 2025 what can you reasonably expect for interest rates on those loans going forward? …
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