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Over the last couple of days I have seen various media reports about the 11 year old in Illinois who has been given a short time to live following the unsuccessful treatment of an aggressive brain tumor. The reports also go on to tell of the young lady’s sister, who is 15 years old, organizing…
Read MoreOn June 22 the National Funeral Director’s Association released the findings of their Annual Consumer Awareness and Preferences Study. Headlines of the Press Release from that day indicate that about 2/3 of American consumers feel it is very important to communicate the plans for their own funeral services, but only about one in five people…
Read More“When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the…
Read MoreI graduated from mortuary school in 1980 and in June of that year entered the funeral profession. Life was pretty simple, families were of the nuclear type, services only differed dependent on what religion the deceased belonged to, and there was no cremation in my little area of Minnesota. I tell this story often —…
Read MoreSometimes when you feel so strongly about something you need to take the issue into your own hands and lead. In the case of Staten Island funeral director Kevin Moran that issue is the senseless deaths from opioid overdoses in his community and his resolve to do something about it. According to an article in…
Read MoreRecently as I peruse articles about the death care business I’ve been surprised by the number of articles that deal with some type of government funded “cut” coming to funeral service. Just a week after posting about the Province of New Brunswick (Canada) reducing government support for indigent funeral and cremation services, I have discovered…
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As I’ve said before on these pages — I retired from full-time funeral directing about four years ago and continue as a part-time minority owner of the firm I was affiliated with for over 33 years. A lot of things have changed over that time but – as many of you will agree – probably…
Read MoreOn June 23 Weekly Hub reported the consensus of analysts who cover funeral industry public company Carriage Services (CSV) are anticipating an announcement of earnings of $0.40 per share when announced in about a month on July 25. They suggest that this would be a slight increase from the $0.37 EPS from the companies last…
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