Afternoon Edition
Today’s “Get to Know Them” article features Bob Heidlage of Global Recruiters of Cincinnati.. I know Bob only from his kind comments that he passed on to me about his daily reading of Funeral Director Daily. From those comments I wanted to know more about him and his link to the death care profession. From…
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Today we start a new feature with Funeral Director Daily. This feature is entitled, “Funeral Home of the Week”, and is just what it says it is — each week we will present one funeral home in an interview process for others to learn about. It is our hope, as we feature all sizes of…
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It’s not everyday when someone opens a business and then says they are going to build that business by donating the business’ services. However, that is exactly what James Stephens is saying as the Managing Funeral Director of the new White Pines Funeral Home in Logan, Utah. According to this article from the Herald Journal…
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As we told you last Thursday, Funeral Director Daily has started a new feature every Thursday entitled, “Get to Know Them”. In this feature we bring you an interview with someone in the Death Care profession/industry. From writing this blog I’ve learned that there are so many valuable people who keep our profession moving and…
Read MoreToday’s Afternoon Edition will bring you some stories of American counties that are grappling with how to pay for increased requests for financial assistance for families that indicate that they need help in paying minimum cremation costs. We have one story from WFTS in Tampa Bay, Florida, that is very typical in telling that requests…
Read MoreToday we bring you several news reports, articles, and video pertaining to a crematory in New York state that last week had black smoke billowing from its cremation stack. The funeral home, and its crematory, are located in Tonawanda, New York, and according to some of the articles, this is not the first time that…
Read MoreIn our first Afternoon Edition following the 19th anniversary of the 9/11 Attack on America we bring you the latest podcast from the National Funeral Director’s Association, which features an interview with funeral director Dominic Carella. According to NFDA, Carella was the first funeral director called on 9/11, 2001, and he and his team provided…
Read MoreIn this public relations release from Globe Newswire you can read that Axar Capital Management has withdrawn its proposal to acquire all of the outstanding shares of StoneMor Inc. and take the company private. In the press release, StoneMor made this announcement by Stephen J. Negrotti, Chair of a special committee to evaluate the Axar…
Read MoreToday we start a new feature with Funeral Director Daily that we plan to showcase every Thursday afternoon. This is our “Get to Know Them” feature. Doing this daily edition of death care related topics for Funeral Director Daily has shown to me the unique, but yet diverse occupations and individuals involved in bringing the…
Read MoreIn today’s Afternoon Edition we bring you information from some of our colleagues in the death care industry. We have news from the National Funeral Directors Association about their upcoming national convention as well as three new podcasts from them that you might find interesting. We also have news from some of our business associates…
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