Cemetery
Funeral Director Daily (FDD) was recently notified that a group has been working to bring together what they call the “Global Green Burial Alliance” (GGBA). FDD received a statement out of Australia earlier this week about the formation. According to the statement from Mr. Mark Thomas, the Global Green Burial Alliance will…
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According to this article in the Sarnia Observer Harold Sonnenberg has been pretty busy as the superintendent of Greenwood Cemetery in Waterford, Ontario, Canada. What’s happened there happens all over North America in cemeteries and provides back-breaking work for those who “fix the problem” to satisfy families of those interred. The…
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On the same day last week three different articles or press releases came to my inbox and those pieces of literature formed a mental Venn Diagram for me about cremation and memorialization. The articles, taken together made me think about the continuing growth of cremation and what will be done with the cremated remains…
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I think every funeral home owner and marketing directors of larger funeral home, crematory, and cemetery operations by now understands that social media has some say in how people perceive your business is operated and how it may take care of their family if and when necessary. One big question, however, is…
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For the most part, cemeteries are tranquil places where lot ownership, interments, and maintenance usually go off as planned and when they do people just don’t seem to notice all the good work and planning that has been done to accomplish that. But, as this recent print and video news story…
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I like it when I read about good things happening in the Death Care business. Sometimes, like this story, the good news grows out of bad deeds. . . but, in the end, it’s how our profession can step up and help that makes me feel good about what we do. …
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The Bigelow Chapel at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts, received a 2023 National AIA Interior Architecture Award according to this notice from the Journal of the American Institute of Architects. The notice (and link) from that publication also allows for the view of photos of the building. According to that article,…
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PlotBox, in this recent press release, announces that they have received a US$ 6.2 million capital investment from Guiness Ventures and other existing investors. The press release states that the company, “Headquartered in Northern Ireland with offices in the United States and Australia, . . . has grown over the last decade…
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I was out at our hometown non-denominational cemetery, Kinkead Cemetery, on Memorial Day. It’s the large cemetery on the north end of our community where I ride my bike through on Summer Saturday mornings. It was named after Alexander and William Kinkead, the founders of our city, Alexandria. I went out there…
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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,…
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