Cemetery
When I was a practicing funeral director I was well aware of safety concerns at the cemetery when the casket was lowered into the vault and grave. Our good friends from Wilbert Vault were usually the ones who did that work and I always respected their space while doing so. Most of the time…
Cuba, the island country only 90 miles off the Florida coast has a crisis with death and Death Care. If you look at the Wikipedia page for Cuba you will notice that the population in 2022 was estimated at over 11 million people and the estimation for 2024 was less than 10 million. .…
This recent article from the Jacksonville Daily Record makes note that the new Jacksonville Jaguars’ football stadium that will be the home of that franchise in the National Football League (NFL) has agreed to partner with Eternal Fan to create what is called the “904EVER Club” at the stadium. According to the article…
Crowne Vault, the Indiana-based company that is a leading presence in serving the Death Care profession with American-made cremation vaults is supporting a new initiative for the profession that hopes to bring cremated loved ones from the closet or mantle to permanent placement in American cemeteries. The trademarked program, “At Home…
As we stop today to reflect on the memory of not only our military personnel from the Revolutionary War on, we remember that the holiday was officially started to pay respects to those who fell in action during the Civil War. Over time we realize that the Memorial Day holiday has moved…
StoneMor Partners left the world of public companies and was taken private by Axar Capital Management in November 2022. At the time StoneMor was arguably, by revenue, the second largest company in Death Care. Second only to Service Corporation International and, in revenue, ahead of Carriage Services and Park Lawn Corporation at the time.…
Nobody really likes taxes. . . .But, then again, nobody wants their loved ones forgotten either. If you are in the Death Care business you know of the costs to operate cemeteries. And, since cremation has been growing resulting in a loss of full-body cemetery lots being sold, many small cemeteries without the…
This recent article from the Smithsonian Magazine mentions that “Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery—a sprawling, hilly burial ground filled with tombstones from the 19th and 20th centuries—has long been a destination for more than the dead. Established in 1838, the cemetery quickly gained a reputation for its beauty, drawing tourists like other New York attractions such as…
Service Corporation International reported on their 1st Quarter of 2026 about ten days ago and then followed that up with an Earnings Call with stock analysts that follow the company. As usual Funeral Director Daily took a look at the Earnings Call transcript which you can access here and decided to lay out some…
Over the last month or so we have followed a growing discontent in Fresno County, California, and specifically an area along the San Joaquin River about the process of Natural Organic Reduction (NOR) remains being spread on public land. As you can read in this recent article from the Desert Sun “Fresno County officials…
