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By Funeral Director Daily / March 23, 2022 /

As Funeral Director Daily becomes a more popular medium read by more and more death care insiders, I also receive more and more news from funeral home and cemetery interests.  It becomes impossible, in a one-topic per day blog, to feature each and every bit of information I receive.  So, in an effort to get…

Our Top read stories of the last 30 days

By Funeral Director Daily / March 21, 2022 /

As has become our custom, in an effort that our readers don’t miss the most popular stories published on Funeral Director Daily, we re-cap them in this format for you.  This month those stories include a look back in time at the Tri-State Crematory incident as well as a look right here in the present…

Legendary leaders to be honored at ICCFA

By Funeral Director Daily / March 16, 2022 /

The International Cemetery, Cremation and Funeral Association (ICCFA) will honor death care legendary leaders Jim Price, CCFE, CCrE, and Bill Wright, CCE, with its prestigious Hall of Fame Award during the 2022 ICCFA Annual Convention & Exposition, March 22 – 25, at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Friday, March…

News you can Use

By Funeral Director Daily / March 14, 2022 /

Once again I’ve had some things pile up on my desk that I feel are important for readers to have available to them, but I just cannot fit them into feature articles.  Included in this batch of linked features are information on the NFDA’s Emerging Leaders program, NFDA podcasts, information on the Cremation Association of…

Tidbits from the Death Care universe

By Funeral Director Daily / March 1, 2022 /

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…

More information on employment issues

By Funeral Director Daily / February 24, 2022 /

Sometimes timing is everything.  On Tuesday and Wednesday we featured articles about “Employment” in the death care industry.  We know, thru the data we receive, that they were well received and well read by our followers. It just so happens that we received more information on employment issues from our friends at J3 Tech Solutions. …

Here’s our “Top Read” articles for the past 30 days

By Funeral Director Daily / February 17, 2022 /

Over the last 30 days our most read articles have come from a variety of issues in death care. . . acquisitions, the growth of urban funeral homes, casket sales data, funeral poverty and the advent of non-profit funeral homes, and a look at what may be coming next for death care in North America. …

News you can Use

By Funeral Director Daily / February 15, 2022 /

We’ve let a few things pile up on our desk and it was well time that we cleaned them out and let you know what is else in going on in Death Care and how you can stay involved and learn even more.  Here’s some information on topics of interest including the Cremation Association of…

The experts opine on Service Corporation and Carriage Services

By Funeral Director Daily / January 20, 2022 /

We’ve now entered the season where public companies will give their reports on their 4th Quarter and Year End results from 2021.  As the death care companies report their results we will bring them to you. It’s also a season where financial and stock analysts like to give us their opinions on what has happened…

Funeral Director Daily’s Top Stories of the Month

By Funeral Director Daily / January 18, 2022 /

As we do each month, in case you missed one, we re-cap Funeral Director Daily’s “Top Stories of the Last 30 Days”.  Here are the top read stories selected by total page views for the dates of December 15 thru January 15. Foundation Partners announces new acquisition, record growth. Is this the start of the…