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Just perfect to leave you with for this weekend is access to this podcast from Let’s Get Social entitled “How the funeral industry is using social media effectively”. It comes to us from one of our readers in Ireland who sent us the access information along with this note: “I co-host a social media for…
You can’t get away from it anywhere. There is a lot of talk on the national political stages about “Green Energy” and the environmental movement. In the death care world we have been hearing that recomposition (the art of human composting) and alkaline hydrolysis (known by some as “cremation by water”) are going to be…
The Cremation Association of North America (CANA) says the 2020 cremation rate in the United States was 56.1%. That same reliable group says that within the next decade – in 2030 – the national cremation rate will rise to 72.8%. Considering the fact that the vast majority of cremations in the United States do not…
Security National Financial Corporation (SNFC) released this press release earlier in November which memorialized their operations for the 3rd Quarter of 2021 as well as the first nine-months of 2021. The Utah based company operates in three business segments with one of those segments being what they call their Memorial Segment. For the nine months…
Park Lawn Corporation (PLC), the Canadian based funeral and cemetery operator announced in this press release yesterday that they had entered the state of Georgia with an agreement to purchase the Ingram Funeral Home & Crematory located in Cumming, Forsythe County. The press release stated that the acquisition is scheduled to close in December of…
The other day I came across this article from a publication called Mic. The article was entitled, “I feel like a Survivor – inside the Funeral Industry’s 2021 National Convention”. To say the article was interesting. . .and even somewhat eye-opening might actually be an understatement. You can read the article here. The article is…
Over the holiday weekend we came across the following podcasts that you may enjoy: From Deathcare Decoded: “Core Values – Gratitude” Kicking off the 2021 holiday season with this special episode of Deathcare Decoded, Alexandra explores the concept of gratitude, which is one of Parting Stone’s four core company values. She explains how Parting Stone…
Matthews International, the Pittsburgh based tri-partite conglomerate with the largest percentage of their sales in what they refer to as their “Memorialization Segment” saw an increase in total sales and Memorialization Segment sales for their 2021 Fiscal Year. As you can see from this 4th Quarter (July, August, September) and Year End report sales in…
I came across this article titled, “It’s funeral homes’ busy season, here’s what to be careful for”. Seeing that title I didn’t really know what to expect so I looked into the article. It’s a short article with some good thoughts — one of those thoughts was entitled, “The Myth of Holiday Suicides”. Now, over…
Maybe it is just because I’m getting older. . . maybe its because as I get older I see younger and younger people stepping forward to do some of the things I used to do. . . . maybe it is because as you get older you recognize that as much as you may have…
