Funeral Director Daily

Last wills, charitable giving, and preneed

By Funeral Director Daily / September 18, 2024 /

      Central Co-op of Great Britain is an interesting company.  They are a company with a history of over 100 years and operate in the grocery, legal services, floral, and funeral business.  According to this Wikipedia page, the company operates over 1,000 funeral homes and is now the largest provider of Death Care…

Carriage to “Tee it Up” for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Houston

By Funeral Director Daily / September 17, 2024 /

  In less than a month Carriage Services will be hosting the inaugural  “Carriage Cares Open”.  This fund-raising golf tournament will be held on October 10 at the Woodlands Resort Golf Club in Houston, Texas.  The one-day Scramble event will raise money for the Carriage Cares Foundation and benefit the Boys & Girls Clubs of…

A Canary in the Coal Mine?

By Funeral Director Daily / September 17, 2024 /

  Funeral Director Daily recently learned through this late August article in The Times (of London) that Dignity Funerals of Great Britain recently “has moved to reduce its debts after warning of “material uncertainties” over its ability to continue as a going concern, just over a year after it was taken private from the London…

Cremation Association of North America announces tomorrow’s Peer Support meeting

By Funeral Director Daily / September 16, 2024 /

        The Cremation Association of North America (CANA) recognizes that September is designated as “Recovery Month” to raise awareness about treatment for substance use disorders, reduce stigma of those suffering, and celebrate their recovery.  Because of that recognition, tomorrow night’s Funeral Professionals Peer Support Group will be committed to that subject.  …

Shared values leads to succession choice

By Funeral Director Daily / September 16, 2024 /

    According to this press release it appears that one of the reasons that the Johnson-Romito Funeral Homes chose Busch Cremation, Burial, and Pre-Planning as their successor firm is the funeral homes’ common values and membership in the Order of the Golden Rule funeral home membership organization.   Both funeral organizations have served the…

I’m set for New Orleans. . Are you?

By Funeral Director Daily / September 13, 2024 /

  Just over a month from now, from October 19 thru the 23rd, I’ll be in New Orleans attending the 2024 National Funeral Directors Association National Convention.  I procrastinated but still got registered under the “Early Bird” registration that saved me $150 right off the top.  . . . . I also reserved my hotel…

Park Lawn Corporation shakes up the C-Suite, adds operating locations

By Funeral Director Daily / September 12, 2024 /

    In this press release from Tuesday, September 10, Park Lawn Corporation (PLC) CEO J. Bradley Green announced both that the PLC leadership team had some changes to it and also that the company had acquired operating locations in North Carolina and Texas.   In probably the most noticeable move of the executives, it…

Are you ready for the new consumers?

By Funeral Director Daily / September 11, 2024 /

    Within the last week Funeral Director Daily has published articles that all fall within the realm of “Death Care looking to cater to the consumer“.   We’ve published articles on new storefront success stories (Death Done Differently) and on two acquisitions in the greater Death Care space, which in my opinion are quests for…

Batesville moves to expand services to funeral homes, acquires Halcyon

By Funeral Director Daily / September 10, 2024 /

  Roughly 18-months into their journey as an individual operating company, Batesville has made their first acquisition.  And, it should come as no surprise that the acquisition expanded the company’s technology offerings.  It was announced last week, in this press release, that Batesville has acquired Halcyon, a deathcare management system.   Batesville CEO Chris Trainer…

Death Done Differently

By Funeral Director Daily / September 9, 2024 /

    In the last couple of weeks Funeral Director Daily has brought you articles about low-cost online direct to the consumer (DTC) business Eirene cremations seemingly going out of business and about the situation where a Canadian city of about 14,000 people does not have a funeral home.   For a minimum call funeral…