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Opinions are opinions. . . Here’s two on the future of SCI

By Funeral Director Daily / July 26, 2023 /

        One has to realize that “Opinions are Opinions” and they may differ dependent on the author’s perspective.  I find it is always best to get multiple opinions when I contemplate major decisions.   What’s interesting with today’s blog topic is that I’ve recently found two opinions on the future of Death…

DNA artist should be in your “Contacts”

By Funeral Director Daily / July 25, 2023 /

  This recent television interview and article about Illinois resident Meagen Lee should find a place in your “Contacts” so that you can point clientele survivors to a way that they can have “One-of-a-Kind” cremation art pieces created should they wish.   Lee, who calls herself a DNA artist, has created jewelry, flowers, lighters, pocketknives,…

Top read articles for the past month. . .and more

By Funeral Director Daily / July 24, 2023 /

      It’s always surprising to me how fast the middle of the month rolls around and we shout out the stories that have been “Top-Read” on Funeral Director Daily for that past 30-day period.  Today we once again bring those out and offer a few other tidbits that we picked up in the…

Smith Family Funeral Homes is #1 in Arkansas reader poll

By Funeral Director Daily / July 24, 2023 /

    In my research into Funeral Director Daily topics I see lots of articles like this from around the country.  What made me stop and consider this article for publishing is not only my knowledge of the Smith family, but a thought I had when reading the article.  That thought being. . . “You…

The latest from the South Pacific on the InvoCare/TPG Global situation

By Funeral Director Daily / July 21, 2023 /

      As to the possible takeover of Australia’s largest death care provider, InvoCare, by United States private equity company TPG Global, The Australian Financial Review reported this on Thursday, July 20, 2023:   “After a bit of back and forth, InvoCare and TPG signed an agreement on May 15 at a $13 per…

Leadership: You need to “Stand Out” but still “Fit In”

By Funeral Director Daily / July 21, 2023 /

      It’s estimated that about 85% of North America’s funeral businesses are still family owned.  However, that number seems to be headed downward as the large national and regional consolidators seemingly accelerate their purchases of these family funeral homes when they come to market.   I think that increased rate of consolidation is…

Confessions of a retired funeral director

By Funeral Director Daily / July 20, 2023 /

      I had an incident in church on Sunday that both the party I was involved with and myself laughed about at the time.  However, when I returned home I thought about the situation and wondered to myself, “Is it just me in this stage of life or is humanity, in general, losing…

What’s fueling Matthews International’s growth

By Funeral Director Daily / July 19, 2023 /

        Most of us in the Death Care business recognize Matthews International as a trusted supplier in the monument, cemetery, cremation, and casket business.  However, this recent article from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette gives us some insight into what has been fueling the company’s rise in stock price and potential future growth prospects.…

What keeps ’em coming back. . .do you have the data?

By Funeral Director Daily / July 18, 2023 /

    The funeral home business is well known for its retention of retaining families served over the generations of deaths.  Most of us call this “Heritage” business and any great funeral home will find a way to keep the families they have served happy so they don’t look any where else the next time…

Tomorrow night is Peer Support Night

By Funeral Director Daily / July 17, 2023 /

      One of Funeral Director Daily’s sponsors, the Cremation Association of North America (CANA), will again be helping to host the Peer Support Network online meeting tomorrow night, July 18, at 8 pm Eastern, 7 pm Central time.   Here’s what CANA says about this month’s meeting in a recent press release on…