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According to at least one website, George Gershwin’s 1934 song “Summertime” is the most covered song in the world. And, with Memorial Day just around the corner the un-official opening of Summer is upon us. Here’s a website where you can see the history of this song and how it has been performed over…
Dreams, ambitions, expansion, strategy, and growth all find their way into funeral home transactions
Interest rates have risen, inflation has caused prices to move upward, but Death Care businesses, especially funeral homes continue to find ways to transition ownership. There’s been a discussion about what will the return to normal after the pandemic coupled with some financial upheaval because of the economics of today do to the…
Is “Service” more important than “Convenience and Price”? That’s an interesting question that some businesses are asking themselves today. . . . .and the answer is “It Depends”. Just over the last weekend I came upon two articles — one pertaining to Walmart and the other to their rival Target. In…
When I think of the cemetery in my little community in Minnesota. I’m guessing, like a lot of other communities that grew up in the American “Land Rush”, the city cemetery came out of necessity. When a pioneer citizen died the custom, and more than likely, the religious way to take…
You decided to become a funeral service professional. What were your expectations at the time you made the decision? Tomorrow night, Tuesday, May 21, the Cremation Association of North America (CANA) Peer Support Meeting delves into that question among those that will be attending the virtual sesson. Here’s what CANA says in…
There is no other way to say it other than to say that Security National Financial Corporation (SNFC) had a blow-out 1st Quarter of 2024 when it comes to Earnings. The company’s Earnings Before Taxes jumped 507% as compared to the 1st Quarter of 2023. Here’s part of what SNFC’s Chairman of…
Funeral directing company A.W. Lymn of Nottinghamshire, Great Britain, has been giving the green light to construct an ancient style facility for the disposition of cremated human remains. As this article maintains, “they have been granted permission for the first and only modern barrow site in the East Midlands”. (Editor’s Note: I…
It’s the 15th of the month and at Funeral Director Daily it is that time where we total up or page views to see which articles have been read the most by our readers. This month the Top 5 contains the largest public funeral company’s financial reports as well as news on…
Earlier in May the Attorney General of the State of California issued a press release which you can read here announcing an agreement with Service Corporation International (SCI) over an eight-year dispute on how SCI delivered on their preneed funding. In essence, concerning preneed sold through SCI’s Neptune and Trident locations in…
One of my friends attended the latest convention of the International Cemetery, Cremation, and Funeral Association (ICCFA) and reported to me that “there were a crazy amount of post-cremation product vendors exhibiting available options”. And, sometimes when I walk into arrangement rooms where many post-cremation options are available I get a sense of how big…
