Business
The common held belief in the funeral and cremation services business is that people will always need death care professionals to execute the lawful disposition of the deceased. However, another trend that has been taking place over the past ten years is that a larger percentage of the client families that you serve will be…
It’s Monday morning and I thought I would bring you some news that hit the wire over the weekend. Nothing new about this news. . . if anything it continues to reinforce the facts that cremation is increasing, people are still paranoid about funeral homes, and less caskets are being sold in America. Here’s is…
While I was researching for articles for today’s post it just hit me as I looked at the articles and I realized that just about everyday some funeral director is written up in their local newspaper because what they have meant to their community. Most of us are happy to be in the background just…
After Life Mortuary Services opened last October and according to this article from the Memphis Commercial Appeal it is believed to be the first Memphis mortuary service to be owned and operated by black women. According to co-owner Dana Taylor, “It’s probably because it’s been a male-dominant field, and it’s been that way for years. …
The other day a funeral service professional asked me, “What do you see on the horizon for funeral service?” Since I have not put out any predictions for over a year I thought I would just give an answer on what comes to mind first for me. Instead of a long, thought out answer sometimes…
A recent fire in a Canadian funeral home has caused the funeral home’s operating license to be suspended due to the fact that the building is no longer suitable to operate a funeral business out of. You can read a short article here about this situation in Nova Scotia. According to the article the licensing…
I came into the funeral business somewhat reluctantly at age 19 when my father suddenly passed away and mom needed someone who would be interested in carrying on the family business. I’ve said many times, the Lord knew what he was doing, because as I reluctantly got involved I learned I was pretty good at…
All businesses that want to grow and prosper need to acquire new customers. That is a pretty simple concept. But one thing I’m always amazed at is how so many times business take for granted the customers that they have already acquired. Think about that for a moment. . . . if you can continue…
Earlier in January it was announced that Foundation Partners Group had acquired the Angel Valley Funeral Home & Old Pueblo Crematory in Tucson, Arizona. According to a press release from Foundation Partners that you can read here, Mike and Dee Dee Orcutt had owned the business for about ten years prior to this change of…
