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We are in the final week of the award winning musical “Fun Home” playing at the Melbourne Theatre Company in Australia. The play, which you can see a 30-second trailer of here, collected five Tony awards seven years ago when is played on Broadway. This article in Australia’s Pursuit magazine is entitled “How popular culture…
Park Lawn Corporation (PLC) the public company whose website tells of the company owning and operating 138 funeral homes and 135 cemeteries located in 16 states and 3 Canadian provinces, reported their 4th Quarter and Year End 2021 results last week. And, like other public companies they were able to report success in almost all…
I’ve been an entrepreneur and started new companies so I know the drive and dedication behind one who does so. And, to invent a new industry, which in some cases may include legislative law changes, to start the company in that environment is an even tougher hill to climb. That’s why I’m such a fan…
There is no doubt that the world is a smaller place today because of the information that can be received instantaneously. Look no further than war reporting and satellites in the sky — during World War II information on battles took days to reach American civilians while today reporters are in the field and send…
I’m a big believer in playing by the rules and also a believer that rules and regulations are necessary in order to live in an organized society. I’m also one of those Americans who believes in the process of “Self-Reliance” and “Self-Determination” and sometimes think that “Regulations” can hinder one’s ability to be the “Best…
Every once in a while, news piles up on my desk that I just cannot fit into a full-length Funeral Director Daily article, but I feel that it is important enough that I can at least provide readers with the information and links on how to find out more about the news. Today is one…
I think it is fair to say that Melvin Payne, CEO and founder of Carriage Services is an unusual leader — but, it is also probably fair to say that Payne’s style of leadership has been effective since the inception of Carriage Services in 1991. In last week’s published 2021 4th Quarter and Year End…
If you have been on the front lines of funeral service for any time period you probably have some of the same thoughts that I do. When I would serve a family there was period of about 7 days from my first connection to the family after the death through a few days after the…
It was news in February 2002 when a player in one of North America’s most sacred occupations was discovered to have stored, what is believed to be, 344 dead human bodies that were poised for cremation. It was what became known to many of us as the “Tri-State Crematory Scandal.” Led to discovery from an…
