Afternoon Edition
You have all heard it said many times, especially because we are in the funeral business, “You can’t take it with you“. That refers to taking your bank accounts to the great beyond and spending money there. But, according to an article in Forbes Magazine, you can earn a lot of money posthumously. As a…
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In a press release made public on the heels of the company’s 3rd Quarter report, Park Lawn Corporation (PLC), with headquarters in Houston, Texas, and Toronto, Ontario, announced that they had acquired the Schrader, Aragon & Jacoby Funeral Home, Mountain View Memorial Park, and Bustard & Jacoby Funerals, Cremation, Monuments and Receptions of Cheyenne and…
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The streets of Death Care and the avenues of Entertainment don’t seem to collide too often at an intersection. But every once in a while they do and when they do it generally leads to some publicity. According to this article from Bloomberg that intersection just happened with a highly performing music video by artist…
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It was in June 1980 when I was a rookie funeral director that a gentleman stepped into our funeral home and we were introduced for the first time. The gentleman was another young funeral director who had left the world of funeral directing to become a representative of one of the major casket companies. That…
Read MoreI’ve been a licensed funeral director for about 42 years and in that time I’ve seen all kinds of situations. I’ve served families that are included in the Forbes 400 wealthiest in America and I’ve served families where some of the survivors didn’t know where they would be sleeping that night. Suffice it to say…
Read MoreIt’s hard to believe that another 30-day period has passed and has become our custom, we recap our Top 5 read articles over the past 30 days. So, if you are a new subscriber or if you missed a couple of articles, or if you just want to read them a 2nd time, here are…
Read MoreAs part of Funeral Director Daily’s continuing effort to make you aware of health and knowledge information available to the Death Care professional we turn this afternoon’s blog spot over to giving you some information on items of interest in the profession. Learn about how to care for yourself when you tune in to CANA’s…
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A recent article published by Seeking Alpha indicates that the “Go Shop” period for StoneMor Inc., following the announcement of a potential going private sale to Axar Capital, is over. In the article the authors mention, “StonMor has been able to solicit other offers, which might not necessarily be take privates. The go-shop period is…
Read MoreI have a son that works in the automotive industry and we’ve discussed their lines of revenue quite often. For instance the average dealership has about six primary lines of revenue – new car sales, used car sales, the service or repair center, a collision repair center, a leasing center, and a financing center. At…
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