Business
Earlier this summer we brought you this article which brought information that parent company Hillenbrand Industries was contemplating “strategic alternatives” for its Batesville division. Last week Forbes contributing writer Jim Osman expressed in this article his opinion that the Batesville division should be “spun-off” from Hillenbrand in order to unlock “shareholder value”. Osman contends that…
There has been some indications, and a lot of hope, that the inflation that we have is starting to subside. While we are now in the 3rd Quarter of 2022, Wal-Mart recently posted their results for the 2nd Quarter of the year. To be honest, Wal-Mart’s profit reached $5.15 billion for the quarter which beat…
It isn’t very often when you hear of a bona-fide superstar in their athletic field that just can’t seem to wait for the next chapter of their life to start. However, that is where WNBA superstar Sylvia Fowles finds herself as she has counted down the last weeks and days of her 15-year WNBA career. …
I was proof reading an article for Funeral Director Daily the other day and an odd thought hit me. I operated and managed our family owned funeral home for over 33 years and every day I went to work I did what had to be done and made many decisions. From time to time I…
This recent public relations press release indicating that a shift in attitudes of people in Great Britain about how people want to “Say Goodbye” to their loved ones makes one wonder if that shift will find its way across the Atlantic Ocean to the United States. One report found that “sales of direct cremation plans…
The Choice Mutual annual survey on American burial preferences, that you can access here, has been released and it shows that preference for Natural Burial dispositions has grown since the 2020 survey while the preference for traditional services and cremation has declined. To be sure, Natural Burial only shows a preference of 10% of the…
I recently came across this article from the Dayton (Ohio) Daily News. The article told the story of the Routsong Funeral Home acquiring the Morris Sons “funeral business” of the same community. What was interesting was that the article told of the Routsong Funeral Home “picking up (the) pre-funded funeral service arrangements for an additional…
As I research articles for Funeral Director Daily I come across lots of local newspaper articles dealing with anniversary years of funeral homes. The vast majority are from small town newspapers and tell of the longevity of many of these family owned firms. Last week I found this article from the Herald-Dispatch of Huntington, West…
Probably the biggest value for me in blogging with Funeral Director Daily is the people I have been able to correspond with that I would have never got to know without the blog. I’ve got lots of new friends who I have never met — almost 3,000 regular readers — many who correspond with me…
I recently read this article from author Harold Ivan Smith from Baptist News. Smith offers a unique perspective as he attended mortuary school, is a grief educator, and works as a celebrant for Forest Lawn Mortuaries in Palm Springs, California. Smith indicates in his article that cremation was probably about 1% of United States dispositions…
