Funeral Director Daily
It has been pretty well publicized that former President Donald Trump may have assets seized by the State of New York to satisfy a judgement recently decided against his companies. Turns out that is not the only siezure battle by a state against against someone as you can see from this article in…
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As you get older and older time seems to move faster and faster. For those of us who were in the business back in 2013 we saw the acquisition of Stewart Enterprises, then the 2nd largest funeral home and cemetery operator in the country, being acquired by the largest operator, Service Coporation International.…
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Our friends at Funeral365 are bringing us a free webinar where those of us with small funeral homes have the opportunity to gain insight on how the bigger consolidators are using technology to help innovate and grow. On Thursday, March 7, from 11 am until noon Eastern Time (10 am Central Time)…
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There is an old saying that goes, “You can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make him drink”. I think that the meaning of that phrase, in human terms is something like this, “You can tell a person the situation, but you cannot make them act on it”. In my…
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American funeral home and cemetery operator Carriage Services recently shared the results of their 4th Quarter and Year-End financials with the public. In doing so, and in spite of a continuing COVID “pull forward” impact resulting in modest declines in funeral contract volume experienced during the year, the company reported total 2023 revenues 3.3%…
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How long is “Permanent”? That is a question that has never been answered, but in many cases you will find out that “permanent” is not really “permanent”. There is an interesting dilemma going on in Surrey British Columbia, Canada, right now. According to this article, a popular pet cemetery is about…
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About a month ago I read this article from Yahoo Finance titled, “Retail employees are working fewer hours. Here’s why that is a risk to the economy”. While the article was good and informative in its own right a portion near the end caught my eye and I related it to Death Care.…
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It’s obvious that today is becoming “College Day” at Funeral Director Daily. Our first story was about the University of Minnesota and their progressive realistic mortuary education and this story is about San Antonio College (TX) and the mortuary program there opening what is believed to be the nation’s first college-based “Consumer-facing funeral…
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In this recent article from the student operated Minnesota Daily (University of Minnesota) the Director of the Mortuary Science program Michael LuBrant says this, “Really, it’s a form of health care. It’s serving families, deceased individuals and people at the end of the life cycle. . . . “ LuBrant explains that…
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What appears to me as about as impressiive line-up of presenters that you will ever find in one day is on tap to tell you what they know about the “Future of Death Care in North America” later this week. On Friday, March 1, you have the opportunity to pick up 6 CEU…
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