Afternoon Edition
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…
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…
As we have started to do in the last several months we will list here the most read articles published by Funeral Director Daily over the past 30 days. For the period from October 15-November 14 the number one article was entitled “Park Lawn Announces Three Acquisitions”. Following is a link to it and the…
Last March a public service announcement (PSA) created by the International Cemetery, Cremation, and Funeral Association (ICCFA) Education Foundation began airing. In early November the association announced that the PSA campaign has been one of the best in media history by, according to Nielsen TV research, being broadcast 7,955 times and viewed by an approximate…
The top read article for the last 30 days published on Funeral Director Daily dealt with, not only the loss of men in the funeral service workforce, but the loss of men in the workforce in general. We’ve all seen many more women in funeral service over the past decades but what about the participation…
Roosevelt Investments, a wealth management firm with 50 years of experience working with funeral and cemetery professionals, will host its next live video call on Thursday, October 14, beginning at 12 Noon Eastern Time. The topic will be “Short-Term Turbulence but Medium-Term Optimism: Our Thoughts Into Year End” John Roscoe, CFA, Chief Investment Officer, and…
We are happy to remind you of the Cremation Association of North America (CANA) co-sponsored peer support meeting. This is for anyone who works for a funeral home, cemetery, or crematory serving the public or supporting those who do. Students, apprentices, and interns are welcome Join your peers on September 21 (Tonight) to talk about…
Johnson Consulting Group CEO Jake Johnson wrote a short article for Funeral Director Daily dealing with the acquisition landscape and that article tops our “Most Read” list for the 30 days from August 15 to September 15. In case you missed them, here are the top read articles from Funeral Director Daily over the past…
With tomorrow being the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on America, I thought I would share this article which I wrote for Funeral Director Daily two years ago about 9/11. You see, I was fortunate to meet a sister of one of the heroes of the United Flight #93 that crashed in Shanksville,…
If you follow the news you know that employment staffing is difficult all over America right now. The death care profession is certainly no different. If you are looking for staff or you are an individual that wants to know what is available in the death care employment field, you need to give Global Recruiters…
