Afternoon Edition
One of the most exciting initiatives since I have been involved in the funeral business has been brewing and is about to be presented to the industry through the philanthropy of the Funeral Service Foundation and the ICCFA Educational Foundation. These two organizations have collaborated to bring us the “Journey to Serve” initiative which is…
In what may be an indicating sign that StoneMor Inc. is beginning to come out of its realignment phase, it was announced yesterday that the Pennsylvania based consolidator and operator of cemeteries and funeral homes has acquired four cemeteries. This press release indicates that the four properties are all located within the Eastern geographic footprint…
Over the weekend Funeral Director Daily took the time to gather some information that is educational, informative, and more than likely useful to you in your professional or personal life. We’ve compiled that here just in case there is something that interests you. NFDA Podcast — The Brush with Death Podcast Series from the…
Over the weekend we came across a couple of articles that related to articles that we produced for our readers last week and just thought that we would link related articles for our readers in case they are interested in looking more into the situations. On pandemic manufacturing shortages and/or delays due to processes outside…
It was recently reported that California passed the three million mark in the number of documented COVID-19 cases and passed the 33,000 mark in death due to COVID-19. According to several sources, that great number has caused some funeral homes to stop accepting new death call cases. That has caused Dignity Memorial director Anthony Lampe…
Today’s Afternoon Edition features several articles that we found interesting over the MLK holiday weekend. We’ll leave it to you to see which interest you and your choice of reading. However, there are some interesting articles. For instance, one article states that some funeral homes in California are actually having to turn away death calls…
As we head into the weekend I’m clearing off my desk and have some information from some of our favorite friends at Clifton Larson Allen, Roosevelt Investments, and the National Funeral Directors Association that may be of interest to you. In addition, I’m throwing a couple of articles out there that are not necessarily death…
In today’s Afternoon Edition of Funeral Director Daily you will find that most of our linked stories deal with funeral homes and their handling of the COVID-19 situation. We are also taking today to catch up with some items that you should be aware of in terms of PPE procurement, a webinar brought to us…
Today’s Funeral Director Daily “Get to Know Them” feature introduces our readers to Nicki Mikolai. Nicki graduated from my alma mater – the University of Minnesota – and has performed an extensive array of work in the death care profession. She is a licensed funeral director and had worked for the Minnesota Lions Eye Bank…
