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I’ve told you before that I sometimes get ideas for Funeral Director Daily articles from the strangest of sources. Today’s thought process in thinking about year-end planning came to my mind on Wednesday afternoon when I was on the treadmill — it was 41 degrees, cold and cloudy in Minnesota — so I was…
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I recently came across this article from late October that was published in the Pine Knot News of northeastern Minnesota. The article is headlined “Director-less funeral home trims services“. I’m from Minnesota and know a little about northeastern Minnesota which is a large lumber and iron ore producing area. Generally, the communities are…
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The Wall Street Journal in this recent article (you may find a paywall here) estimates that over the past 5 years Americans have gained a total of $63 trillion in personal wealth. And, this article from Yahoo Finance states “. . . the top 20% — the high-earning American households — are thriving because…
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The election of Democrat Socialist Zohran Mamdani as Mayor of the city that many refer to as the “World’s Financial Center” has brought about questions on what might change. Most of those questions deal with financial issues such as taxes and benefits. From the perspective of Death Care and funerals my thought process…
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In what I would term an “Honorable” press release from Death Care consolidator and operator Foundation Partners Group, the company is using this day to not only honor all American military veterans but to illustrate some of the military veterans who continue to “serve” in the realm of Death Care. According to the…
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You can’t read the newspaper or hear the television news without hearing of some new technology that is moving Artificial Intelligence forward. Well, if you are keeping up with Death Care on a daily basis, you will also notice that technology is moving forward fast and furious to help funeral service professionals everyday.…
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If you have been a funeral director for any length of time like I was for 33 years you have probably thought that telling of the experiences you went through would make a good book. There are probably all kinds of death scenes you’ve been at, interesting family dynamics of those you’ve served, and…
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In my opinion, small family-owned funeral homes have been one of the bastions for the perception of capitalism and free enterprise in America as long as they have been founded and operated. However, as we move into today’s Election Day in America a recent Gallup Poll now states that 39% of our…
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In a new world order that includes cremation, alkaline hydrolysis, and natural organic reduction it is sometimes forgotten that over 1 million caskets are sold in the United States every year. To that discussion we will bring you some news from a couple of casket companies today. Batesville, long known for its casket…
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According to Gemini AI, “(the number of) articles can indicate short-term reactions, they can also foretell longer-term trends by reflecting shifts in public and business attention and sentiment”. And, if you read the number of articles that I do while researching for Funeral Director Daily, you would probably believe, as I do, that there…
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