Cemetery

It’s not over til the star sings

By Funeral Director Daily / June 7, 2019 /

The headline is not exactly what they say about the opera, but in these politically correct times, you understand what I am saying.  I’ll admit that I am pretty ignorant about the world of opera, but this week, if you have ever worked in the funeral or cemetery profession you would be interested in where…

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Past Lives Matter

By Funeral Director Daily / June 5, 2019 /

“Past Lives Matter” is but one of dozens of signs that were placed in the Rest Haven Cemetery in Avon, Ohio, this past weekend.  You can read about and see a news video here of the issues with that cemetery that have family members of people buried there upset. The cause that is upsetting relatives…

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Snakes on a plane. . . .and in a cemetery

By Funeral Director Daily / May 30, 2019 /

We bring you this article and video about the Charles Baber Cemetery in Pottsville, Pennsylvania.  We bring it to you simply because it is so unusual. The article is about an 8-foot, non-venomous black snake that has apparently taken up residence in the cemetery.  It appears to live in some of the walls of the…

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President Trump visits Arlington National Cemetery

By Funeral Director Daily / May 24, 2019 /

On Thursday, and in advance of Memorial Day, President and Mrs. Trump visited the hallowed land of Arlington National Cemetery.  You can read an article about the visit here.  The visit was held ahead of the traditional Memorial Day visit as today (Friday) the President will be leaving for Japan on our country’s business. Arlington…

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Ok. . .Goat yoga. . .that is something new to me

By Funeral Director Daily / May 23, 2019 /

I understand that the cost of labor can rise and get prohibitively high.  It is for that reason that creative managers look for ways to lower their costs of doing business.  Funeral Director Daily did an article last year about the Laura Grove North Cemetery in Savannah, Georgia, that was doing a pilot program for…

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Looking back to the men who rode

By Funeral Director Daily / May 6, 2019 /

I’m a life-long Lutheran and have attended the same church since I was born.  As a matter of fact, my great-grandfather, where the roots for our funeral home business come from as he started out as a cabinet maker who then built coffins to order – is one of six men listed on the charter…

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New York cemetery moves caskets without notification, State investigating

By Funeral Director Daily / May 3, 2019 /

Today we bring you this story that broke earlier this week out of West Seneca, New York.  It deals with the movement of about 220 buried caskets from one part of a cemetery to another part of that same cemetery.  You can see a story and news video about this from WKBW of Buffalo here.…

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Cemetery volunteers file lawsuit against billboard company

By Funeral Director Daily / April 29, 2019 /

Washington Park Cemetery sits in suburban St. Louis, Missouri.  It is a cemetery that opened in 1920 and has not accepted new burials for almost three decades according to this article in the San Francisco Chronicle. Wanda Brandon is among a group of volunteers who tend to the cemetery.  She has filed a lawsuit against…

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An unsung hero in the funeral trade

By Funeral Director Daily / April 25, 2019 /

One of the great things about being retired and not working everyday is the time that I have to do things.  One of the things I do is mentor young business people — some where I have an investment in the company. . . and some where I just give advice when I am asked.…

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Facebook group challenges StoneMor on cemetery operations

By Funeral Director Daily / April 24, 2019 /

A television news report and story from WSET out of Lynchburg, West Virginia, can be seen here and tells of a Facebook group that has garnered more than 600 followers that says that there is a problem with the way StoneMor Partners operates their cemeteries. Melissa Cash, whose father is buried at the Fort Hill…

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