Cemetery

Green Burials. . . . . .The Resistance

By Funeral Director Daily / September 25, 2025 /

    Minnesota funeral director Scott Mueller is a proponent of “Green Burials”.  Mueller makes a comment in this recent article from the Rochester (MN) Post-Bulletin titled “As interest in green burials grows, so does some opposition”.  Mueller’s comment is this, “As long as people have walked this earth, we’ve had green burials.  Every cemetery…

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Airlines, cemeteries dealing with “Wide-bodies”

By Funeral Director Daily / September 3, 2025 /

    Just last week according to this article from Newsweek “Southwest Airlines announced that it was ending a policy that allowed plus-size travelers to book an extra seat without extra costs. Under the new rules, passengers must buy two seats if they cannot fit on one, but refunds may be considered if the flight…

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Cemetery put in trustee’s hands

By Funeral Director Daily / August 20, 2025 /

  Last month a judge in Indiana removed the obligation of taking care of a non-profit cemetery away from the cemetery corporation and placed it in the hands of the government. . . in this case Center Township.  In his decision, Judge Nathan Meeks commented that the Marion Cemetery Corporation efforts to maintain the cemetery…

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Interment eligibility case playing out at Punchbowl National Cemetery of the Pacific

By Funeral Director Daily / August 7, 2025 /

    There is an interesting case, which you can read about and see a news video of here, blowing through the tradewinds of Hawaii at this time concerning the eligibility of burial in a Veterans’ Administration National Cemetery.  The case concerns the potential of a dis-interment of U.S. Army veteran and Honorably Discharged Dr.…

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Regions Bank: It’s like having an expert on staff

By Funeral Director Daily / July 28, 2025 /

  When I was operating my funeral home most of my energy went to taking care of the families I was serving, taking care of the staff I was leading, and taking care of the budget I was trying to meet.  Doing all of that didn’t always leave enough time to thoroughly look after the…

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Catholic Diocese of Fresno, California files for bankruptcy. . . says cemeteries and preneed will not be affected

By Funeral Director Daily / July 11, 2025 /

    This article from Angelus tells of the the July 1, 2025, bankruptcy filing of the Catholic Diocese of Fresno, California.  The article makes this comment about the filing:   In the Chapter 11 petition — filed July 1 in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District Court of California, Fresno Division — diocesan…

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“Reclaiming” cemetery lots can both add revenue and aid families

By Funeral Director Daily / July 10, 2025 /

  I read a this recent article about the Arlington Cemetery located in the City of Arlington within the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.  The article had to do with re-opening the cemetery for sales of lots after three decades of not selling any new lots.  It reminded me of a situation that we had when I…

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Memorial Day 2025 — May God Bless their memories

By Funeral Director Daily / May 26, 2025 /

  I bring you this Memorial Day thought and tell you that it is a slight reprise from an Easter message of thanks that Funeral Director Daily produced during the days of the pandemic lock down. . . . The crux of the message, with a little editing to bring it up to date, seems…

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What’s one to do?

By Funeral Director Daily / May 15, 2025 /

  Recently a lawsuit was filed in New Jersey contending a New Jersey township used discrimination in deciding against a Jewish group that planned to establish a Jewish cemetery in the community.  You can read in this article from NJ.com that the lawsuit complaint alleges “Howell Township violated the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons…

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Are Reinforced Soil Systems the future for cemetery safety and profits?

By Funeral Director Daily / May 12, 2025 /

    Geogrid Reinforced Soil Systems (RSS) have long been used by engineers to provide for stability for retaining walls and highway roadways in North America.  Now there is a company that has turned that engineering for soil stability into products that can by used by the cemetery industry as well.   Here’s what the…

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