Funeral Director Daily
It was less than two years ago in August 2023 when I heard the news about the fire that ravaged Lahaina and some other areas of Maui. Turning on the news the scene looked like something I’d never seen in my lifetime and almost apocalyptic. The Maui fire of 2023 destroyed approximately 6,271…
I’ve now moved the Funeral Director Daily home office to our winter rental in Southwest Florida for the next 90 days. With that comes a few rounds of golf per week and the chance to meet and visit with new people whom I meet on the golf course. It didn’t take me long…
I learned long ago that there is no such thing as a free lunch and there is no such thing as a safe investment. However, sometimes you can get pretty close to a free lunch (all you gave is time) as an attendee at a post-funeral lunch and pretty close with Treasury Bills…
Americans have moved into a realization that when it comes to grief, memorialization, and remembrance that not one size fits all. That’s apparent by the growing number of options chosen for human disposition and remembrance. This article and news video story from the Central Oregon Daily News brings up the relatively new memorialization process…
While we cannot guarantee success with every idea, one of the reasons for reading Funeral Director Daily is that we endeavor to give ideas to Death Care professionals that can have a positive impact on the financial results of your funeral home, crematory, or cemetery. And, with the continuing choice of cremation as…
If you are an investor in the public stock markets — and most people are now with the advent of IRA’s and 401k plans — you would more than likely be pleased with the growth of your investment had you simply followed an investment strategy of investing in the index of stock market holdings…
It doesn’t matter what type of Death Care business your are in. . . funeral home, crematory, casket supplier, vault company, chemical company. . . . the odds are that you have seen your costs of business go up in the past four years — since inflation started creeping up sometime in 2021. …
As my first post of the New Year I find it imperative that I look into the world of Death Care, Funeral, and Cremation business with a perspective of change that is happening all around us. And, when I look at that change, I think in our Death Care world, as well as…
It hit me the other day while I was in the process of reading a new book, “Meeting the Moment”. It’s a story of how six United States Presidents “met the moment” and “Inspired Presidential Leadership that transformed America”. It’s also probably an odd place to get insight and inspiration for putting down…
Funeral Director Daily learned earlier in December that Carriage Services was ranked among the Best Small Business Companies in America for 2024. In a press release that you can read here, it was announced that Forbes recognized Carriage Services as its #33 company on its list of “Most Successful Small Companies” for 2024. …
