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Who said, “Cemetery management is easy”?

By Funeral Director Daily / July 28, 2023 /

        For the most part, cemeteries are tranquil places where lot ownership, interments, and maintenance usually go off as planned and when they do people just don’t seem to notice all the good work and planning that has been done to accomplish that.  But, as this recent print and video news story…

End-of-Life “Purpose” insurance seems to be moving toward Pre-Need

By Funeral Director Daily / July 27, 2023 /

    When you think of End-of-Life “Purpose” insurance there are two basic types.  First, there is Pre-Need which is generally sold by funeral or cremation providers with the death benefit proceeds going directly to those providers to pay for services that have been pre-planned by the purchasers or their caretakers.   Then there is…

Propel Funeral Partners keeps marching forward

By Funeral Director Daily / July 26, 2023 /

      Most of the news out of the South Pacific dealing with Death Care has been about the prolonged potential takeover of Australia’s largest funeral and cremation provider, InvoCare, by the United States based private equity firm TPG Global.  However, while that potential marriage is still under consideration, Propel Funeral Partners, the 2nd…

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…