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We came across an interesting article the other day. It is from The Monitor of McAllen, Texas, and relates to the health care workers and funeral directors affected by the ever growing number of COVID-19 deaths in the Rio Grande Valley. You can read the article here. According to the article, Lee Castro, a funeral…
Our feature today in our afternoon edition comes to us from the SentinelSource.com. That is the online edition of the Keene (NH) Sentinel and today’s article features Keene Funeral Director Susan Simonds. Ms. Simonds is the operating manager of two funeral homes in Keene, both of which happen to be affiliated with the Dignity Memorial…
This article from the Albert Lea Tribune tells us that Wells, Minnesota, funeral director Susan Nasinec and her husband Nathan, are moving forward with plans to construct a new funeral home in Wells. Nasinec told the newspaper that the couple wants to serve the community the best they can and a new building would be…
As we head into another great summer weekend, here is some industry news that you can use. Funeral Directors Life Named “Great Place to Work” Funeral Directors Life was recently named as one of the 2020 Best Workplaces in Texas by Great Place to Work and Fortune. Funeral Directors Life was honored with the 26th…
Earlier this week I read a really informative article from Philadelphia Weekly entitled “Delayed Grief”. You can read the article here. The article touches on two distinct features about being a funeral director — that the profession is believed to be one of the largest professions with undiagnosed Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and, secondly,…
I will start today’s column with this paragraph that was in my Saturday edition of Seeking Alpha, a daily newsletter I receive about current events and the financial markets. . and sometimes how the two are intertwined. “Cosmetics maker Coty (NYSE:COTY) agreed to buy a 20% stake in Kim Kardashian West’s make-up brand KKW for…
We spend an inordinate amount of time telling our readers of what is happening in the large public companies that make up that constellation in the death care universe. Don’t get me wrong, that information is good to have, easy to obtain as it is public by law, and much can be learned by seeing…
This is a really difficult topic, but one that needs to be thought about. This article, entitled “Lack of collective mourning shows way pandemic has altered grief“, appeared in Sunday’s Minneapolis Star Tribune. It is thought provoking and gets to the essence of why modern funeral directors exist — to care for the living. It…
Where were you when you first realized that the coronavirus may be something serious and you changed your course of habits to manage your lifestyle more safely? Angie and I were on a scheduled flight out of Honolulu returning to Minneapolis on February 1, the day after President Trump had instituted the flight ban from…
On Monday the United States Supreme Court issued its opinion in a case that was partly brought to that court from a Michigan funeral home lawsuit alleging discrimination in employment as it pertains to gay, lesbian, and transgender people. Here is what an article from Real Clear Politics (RCP) says of this decision. “The Supreme…
