Cemetery
While Funeral Director Daily has not written much on the subject lately, in today’s news feed we found two articles on the green burial movement that we thought we should pass on to our readers. According to one of the articles, Green – or Natural burials – is said to consume 4% of the death…
Read More about Keeping up with Green cemeteriesThe city of Amherst, New York, is proposing to build a “first of its kind’ memory garden in that community. The cemetery, if built, proposes to be a cremation only cemetery with walking paths and gardens and would not allow standard headstones as seen in most cemeteries. The idea has been proposed by the city…
Read More about Cremation only cemetery being plannedLet’s see. . . Super Bowl, State of the Union Speech, Impeachment Vote, my Minnesota Twins got involved in a blockbuster baseball trade, and my Minnesota Gophers beat arch-rival Wisconsin in basketball. . . it’s been quite a week to keep everything straight. To end it for my Funeral Director Daily readers I will not…
Read More about TGIF – It’s been quite a week!!Editor’s Note: I happen to be on vacation this week. And, when you are from Minnesota, you take vacation in a warm weather climate. Just for a little throwback to last year at this time, I happened to be on my vacation from Minnesota when the Polar Vortex got stuck over the state. And, I…
Read More about Throwback Thursday — Cold weather and the burial businessThe realization that 57% of cremated remains are not accounted for by means whereas the deceased can be memorialized into the future has caused some church communities to wonder if their ministry can help address the needs of the community that would lower this number. According to this article in the Rancho Santa Fe Review,…
Read More about Columbarium conundrumOver the last couple of years of writing the daily article for Funeral Director Daily one of my routines is to continuously search for information that might be of interest to those in the funeral, memorial, or what is now being called the “Death Care” space. In doing so, I have came across many articles,…
Read More about Cemeteries and their problemsAs we close out this Christmas week we thought we would share with you some information on cemeteries that we noticed in the news this week. Our first news story and video comes to us from New Orleans and deals with the Lafayette Cemetery Number 1, which is being closed to visitors for the next…
Read More about Cemetery upkeep, price changes, and useI really enjoy learning about history. . .and United States history is even more interesting to me. If you like learning about United States history you will be happy that I am sharing this article that I found pertaining to Washington, DC’s Congressional Cemetery. You can access the article here. First of all, I learned…
Read More about A dog-gone fun cemeteryThe Alamo in St. Antonio, Texas, was the site of the famous “Battle for Texas Independence” back in 1836. It was a 13-day epic battle with the forces of the Mexican nation and where it is believed that Texas pioneers and frontiersmen Davey Crocket and Jim Bowie met their mortal fate. What many people don’t…
Read More about Bodies found at the Alamo. . . thefts of bronze vasesAs a child and even as a young funeral director, I distinctly remember a plaque in our family funeral home that stated, “Show me the manner in which a nation cares for its dead and I will measure with mathematical exactness the tender mercies of it’s people, their respect for the laws of the land,…
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