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Funeral homes and those that supply funeral homes have met virtually every need necessary to serve those in need this past year while we have been under the COVID-19 pandemic situation. When we realized that this pandemic was upon us the situation for most of us was about masks, gloves, body bags, and in most…
While I have not stayed up to date on the federal government dictates of the Biden administration, the moratorium on student debt payment is, I believe, ending on February 1, and may be extended. The moratorium program has proven to be well received, as according to the article mentioned in the next paragraph, almost 90%…
I’ve always had this habit of looking at a statement of fact, tried to look behind the numbers, and then tried to figure out how what I learned or discovered might help me in my funeral home business. When I operated my funeral business, I was concerned about giving great service to my client families,…
Funeral Director Daily has written a lot of articles in the past year about how busy funeral homes have been with death calls. It’s just the way it has been for funeral homes in the year of COVID. What we have not done is find any articles on how suppliers are very busy. We have…
I read this article entitled “Everyone dies, so why not go out as a tree?” from Denverite magazine. I even smile as I write this but it made me think of craft beer. I’m not alcohol free. I had of my share of beer. . . especially in my twenties. Today, however, I’m more for…
I recently came across a couple of surveys of of American workers and their career satisfaction and thoughts of career changes. One thing is certain. . .we are not in the 1960’s when young people were told to “get a good job, hold on to it, and retire with a pension”. We now know that…
There is no doubt that 2020 has been a different year in so many ways. Even a hundred years from now it will be remembered as the COVID-19 pandemic year. And, in many ways, it has been a very rough year for funeral service. This radio and print report that you can read and/or listen…
Over the last few days and weeks we have seen a surge in COVID related deaths in areas that had not necessarily had a surge in them yet. Over the course of the past ten months we have seen peaks and valleys in different localities during the course of this pandemic. We’ve also seen recent…
As we move into the weekend we bring you some reading material including an article on how the indigent funeral program in Ohio has more requests than usual because of a combination of not only COVID-19 deaths, but an uptick in opioid deaths as well. We also bring you a video and news story out…
Today’s is one of those articles that I enjoy writing. . . pure speculation on my part and if I am wrong with my thought process no one really knows until later in the year when this article has been all but forgotten. Funeral Director Daily is taking today to take a speculative look into…
