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Cemeteries — merge to survive?

By Funeral Director Daily / August 2, 2019 /

An article in Pennsylvania’s Morning Call that you can read here gave an indication that two historical and prominent cemeteries in Easton, Pennsylvania, are on the verge of merging together to save costs, simply to survive economic hardships. Easton Cemetery, a 90 acre cemetery that has been open for 170 years and Easton Heights Cemetery,…

Better Place Forests. . . a new wave of memorialization

By Funeral Director Daily / June 28, 2019 /

It seems like this medium is many times writing about the need for more permanent memorialization options to be available for our death care consumers. It also seems like we spend a lot of time writing about new start-ups in the death care profession that are hoping to catch the new wave of consumer thinking. …

Gilbert, Arizona to get its first cemetery

By Funeral Director Daily / June 26, 2019 /

To those of us who live in storied towns and communities that have been around since the before the Revolutionary War in the East and the westward land rush in the Midwest the title of this article may seem odd. Historical communities have cemeteries. . . even cemeteries that are filled with no more space…

Cemetery trends continue

By Funeral Director Daily / June 17, 2019 /

One of the things that we have noticed in our two years of searching for articles on the funeral and cemetery professions is that there seems to be no shortage of articles about cemeteries which have been around for a long time but are now, for the first time, experiencing numbing financial stress. We bring…

Good Samaritans still abound

By Funeral Director Daily / June 12, 2019 /

We’ve advocated that one of the issues that funeral homes have to overcome to continue to serve the needs of families in need is to emphasize the fact the “Permanent Memorialization” matters. By that we mean that cremated remains cannot just be left in a closet or left at the funeral home unclaimed. They need…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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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