Funeral Director Daily
Imagine it is lunch time at the funeral home you work at when you get a call from the hospital two miles away that you need to immediately bring the best casket you have to the hospital. And, by the way, it is for the President of the United States. That’s the call…
There has been an explosion of streaming channels available to the public in the past couple of years. And, with that growth of channels comes the need for programming. So, it is probably not a surprise that we are finding more programming available in all types of genres — including a genre that seems…
Simply as a member of a community I was again reminded this past week that transformation, and especially technology transformation, continues to happen at a rapid pace in the Death Care profession. Last week I intended to go to a visitation of a deceased gentlemen who for the most part of my funeral director…
Alex Fasciano, an analyst for CFRA Research suggests that quick service restaurant player KFC’s (formerly Kentucky Fried Chicken) strategy is “. .centered on driving growth through brand relevance, marketing innovation, (and) operational excellence. . . .” It turns out that the iconic brand was losing customer count and sales to other competitors in…
I’ve told you before that I sometimes get ideas for Funeral Director Daily articles from the strangest of sources. Today’s thought process in thinking about year-end planning came to my mind on Wednesday afternoon when I was on the treadmill — it was 41 degrees, cold and cloudy in Minnesota — so I was…
Funeral Director Daily learned last week that one of the best known names in Death Care was branching out to continue to help funeral directors. The Czachor family, founders of the leading funeral home answering service, ASD, has announced the formation of a company to help funeral homes coordinate meaningful aerial cremation ash scatterings.…
Security National Financial Corporation, the Utah-based public company with parts of its operation in the Death Care segment, reported their 3rd Quarter 2025 financials last week. When the President of the company, in this case Scott M. Quist, starts the report in the following fashion you know that as you continue reading…
I recently came across this article from late October that was published in the Pine Knot News of northeastern Minnesota. The article is headlined “Director-less funeral home trims services“. I’m from Minnesota and know a little about northeastern Minnesota which is a large lumber and iron ore producing area. Generally, the communities are…
There’s a little of everything in Funeral Director Daily’s list of “Top Read” articles of the past 30 days. There is information on caskets, services, memorialization, value of businesses, and even some thoughts on what Death Care personnel do that the general public just doesn’t understand. . . . And, we will…
The Wall Street Journal in this recent article (you may find a paywall here) estimates that over the past 5 years Americans have gained a total of $63 trillion in personal wealth. And, this article from Yahoo Finance states “. . . the top 20% — the high-earning American households — are thriving because…
