Cemetery
As we continue to see less and less full casket traditional burials at cemeteries, especially rural cemeteries, we have kept you apprised about some of the issues that these long-time, old-established cemeteries face. Most of the time the issues are those of finances — such as not enough grave lot sales, interment sales,…
We’ve advised readers of the financial problems that small church and civic cemeteries have in today’s world of less earth burials. Revenue is tougher to come by as cemetery grave lot purchase revenue is not received in a great proportion of today’s deaths. That eventually leads to less money in perpetual care accounts.…
Robert L. Waltrip, age 92, founder of death care company Service Corporation International, died on Monday, February 27, 2023. A Celebration of Life service is scheduled for today (March 2). Interment is scheduled in the Reflection Garden of Memorial Oaks Cemetery in Houston, Texas. You can access an obituary powered…
If you are part of the Death Care business in North America part of your goal is to move families from grief to remembrance of their loved one. And, if we are honest about it, we should never want anybody to ever be forgotten. That’s why so many are so strong in recommending a place…
