Afternoon Edition
Like many I learned of the death of Minnesota funeral home owner and operator William L. McReavy, Sr. on Christmas Day. Here is Legacy.com’s announcement of that event. The Washburn-McReavy brand goes back to the year 1857 in Minnesota which happens to be one year before Minnesota became a state. Like many generational…
It’s the middle of the month and with that comes our publishing of Funeral Director Daily’s “Top Read Articles” of the past 30 days. This month’s leading articles are no surprises because they are subjects that seem to be on the minds of Death Care business leaders and funeral home owners more and more.…
Funeral Director Daily learned last week that well-know Death Care industry executive Jared Dance has formed a business that intends to help funeral homes and cemeteries with marketing and management. In an e-mail press release we received this announcement, “J. Dance Consulting LLC is excited to announce its launch as a specialized…
We learned earlier this week that registration for the Cremation Association of North America (CANA) 2025 Cremation Symposium is in full swing. The event returns to Las Vegas and the Paris Las Vegas Hotel and Casino from February 26-28, 2025. It’s an annual Death Care event where participants network with leaders from all…
It didn’t take long for an investment advisor to get a take on what they think about Matthews International’s 4Q Earnings Report of last week. The article from Seeking Alpha’s contributer Valkyrie Trading Society is titled, “Matthews International: Signs of Deleveraging and Margin Improvement”. You can access the article here. Here’s a short…
Matthews International, parent company of Matthews Aurora Caskets, Matthews Cemetery Products, and Matthews Environmental Solutions (cremation products) announced yesterday that they will be increasing the dividend that they pay on common shares of their stock by $0.01 per quarter. That will increase the dividend to $0.25 per share per quarter or $1.00 per…
Funeral Director Daily published an article on Security National Financial Corporation’s 3rd Quarter 2024 results on Monday using the company’s November 14, 2024, Form 10-Q as our guidance as no press release had been issued from SNFC at that time. Later on November 18, a press release on the earnings from SNFC…
It’s the middle of the month and time to re-cap the Most Read Stories of the past 30 days on Funeral Director Daily. Funeral Director Daily tries to publish a variety of information, news, and opinions with a wide variety of Death Care interests. It looks like we succeeded in the past 30…
It’s coming up on the 3rd Tuesday of the month and that signals that all funeral professionals can log in to learn and participate in the Zoom facilitated Cremation Association of North America’s (CANA) Peer Support event. I find that tomorrow night’s event happens in a timely fashion as it preceeds the…
It was a fairly uncommon occurence on October 30 when the two largest public funeral home and cemetery operating companies reported their 3rd Quarter results on the same day. Both companies, Service Corporation International (SCI) and Carriage Services, reported “after the financial markets closed’ that day. So, the first trading that could be…
