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It will have been over two years since the last horse-drawn caisson carried a United States military member to their grave at Arlington National Cemetery when the horse-drawn caissons are again given that opportunity. According to this article, “The U.S. Army announced . . the limited reintegration of the caisson into funeral services…
In a press release from last week funeral home operator and consolidator Anthem Partners announced that they are “developing a strategic partnership” with Tribute Technology. And, according to this press release, “As the first step in this partnership, all websites for the Anthem Partners’ locations have been updated and moved to the Tribute Technology platform”.…
Service Corporation International (SCI), the largest funeral home operator in North America, has grown its “Consolidated Funeral Revenue” 20.8% from 2019 (the latest year not affected by the pandemic) through 2024. Their annual financial report lists this number as $1.92 billion in the year 2019 and $2.32 billion in the most recent year of…
I awoke early Monday morning to hear of the death of Pope Francis. Pope Francis, who was 88 years of age at the time of his death, had served in his present position since 2013. There is no doubt that his death will bring immense publicity to his funeral wishes and the historic…
Henry Brooks Adams, a descendent of the Adams political family that spawned two early American presidents once said of teachers, “A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops”. Teachers influences never stop. And, with all the other departments that enroll many more students it is rare that a college recognizes…
There has been a lot of research in the past couple of years about who the “Consumers of Funerals” are. There’s been a lot of great data published — some of which is good news for Death Care and some not so good news for Death Care. I’ve also suggested that the Federal…
It’s pretty commonplace in our culture to have an athlete say something like this after a record-breaking performance, “It’s great, but I don’t want this championship to define me.” I agree with that because, like a lot of you, even though I was a funeral director, I didn’t want that to be…
Wow!! The middle of the month seems to have got here fast and with it comes our list of “Top Read” Funeral Director Daily articles over the past 30 days. This month it looks like there is something for everybody’s interest. Our top-rated articles cover subjects like revenue growth, potential casket tariffs, consumer…
“We were surprised — and not surprised at the same time — to find that none of the websites, no matter where they were from, demonstrated any inclusivity.” I read that statement, which is about funeral home websites, somewhat in astonishment. You see, I’ve been in the Death Care business for over…
In the years that I’ve been publishing Funeral Director Daily I’ve witnessed those in Great Britain become concerned because approximately 20% of the country’s deaths have been memorialized with only a “Direct Cremation”. Just so we are on the same wave length for purposes of this article’s discussion, here is how one British company…
