Cemetery

Should Disney be in the “Memorialization” business?

By Funeral Director Daily / January 30, 2025 /

    Over the last couple of decades there arises every once in a while the idea that the Walt Disney Company should get into some of the businesses that funeral home operators and cemetery operators specialize in.  That’s recently been in the news again.   I first really thought about Disney and Death Care…

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Here’s the “Recipe” for more monument sales

By Funeral Director Daily / January 7, 2025 /

  While we cannot guarantee success with every idea, one of the reasons for reading Funeral Director Daily is that we endeavor to give ideas to Death Care professionals that can have a positive impact on the financial results of your funeral home, crematory, or cemetery.   And, with the continuing choice of cremation as…

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A thought for the day. . . . . .

By Funeral Director Daily / December 24, 2024 /

    This short article will be going out on the morning of Christmas Eve and in preparing it I think of a Christmas Eve that always comes to mind for me in correlation to working in the funeral business.  It was probably in the 1990’s, I was probably in my late 30’s age-wise,  and…

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Veteran’s Affairs Cemeteries to offer “Green Burial” pilot programs

By Funeral Director Daily / December 13, 2024 /

    It’s probable to say that the fad of Green Burials has turned into a trend and may have become an accepted norm to human disposition.  Evidence of this is given by the decision of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs announcing in this press release that it is instituting a “pilot program”…

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Today is the last day for “Matching Funds” donations at Wreaths Across America. . . caravan leaves Saturday

By Funeral Director Daily / December 3, 2024 /

  Wreaths Across America, the non-profit organization that works with volunteers and over 4,800 cemetery locations to place wreaths on our honored veterans graves has its matching donation program in place through today where your donation can be matched by corporate companies Jersey Mike’s Subs and Norfolk Southern.  For each $17 wreath donated, Jersey Mike’s…

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Survey indicates the Top Location in each state for dispersal of cremated remains

By Funeral Director Daily / November 21, 2024 /

    In October Choice Mutual, an end-of-life burial insurance company released the results of a nationwide survey of over 3,000 individuals that, among other things, asked where in their home state would they want their cremated ashes to be dispersed or scattered.   According to one article I read, the impetus for this survey…

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SCI opens “Nation’s First-of-its-Kind” Mausoleum

By Funeral Director Daily / November 8, 2024 /

    In a press release we received last week funeral home and cemetery operator/consolidator Service Corporation International (SCI) announced the opening of its new property in Sandy Springs, Georgia.   According to the press release that you can read here, the company’s Arlington Memorial Park is “the first memorial structure of its kind designed…

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Last wills, charitable giving, and preneed

By Funeral Director Daily / September 18, 2024 /

      Central Co-op of Great Britain is an interesting company.  They are a company with a history of over 100 years and operate in the grocery, legal services, floral, and funeral business.  According to this Wikipedia page, the company operates over 1,000 funeral homes and is now the largest provider of Death Care…

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“Place” is very important

By Funeral Director Daily / August 26, 2024 /

    Earlier in August I came across this feature article titled “One of Oregon’s most prominent families appears to want another family’s burial plot” from Willamette Weekly of Oregon about a disagreement in ownership of grave lots involving two families.  And, Service Corporation International (SCI) as the cemetery owner finds themselves right in the…

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Propel Funeral Partners announces acquisition

By Funeral Director Daily / August 14, 2024 /

    In a press release Propel Funeral Partners of New Zealand announced a somewhat unusual acquisition.  Propel announced in July that they had completed the acquisition of Decra Art.   Decra Art is believed to be New Zealand’s largest monument and headstone manufacturer.  According to their website that you can access here, they stock…

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