Cemetery

Michigan Cemetery goes to ballot for Funding

By Funeral Director Daily / September 11, 2018 /

Voters in Whiteford Township near Monroe, Michigan will have an extra ballot question to ponder and vote on when they go to the ballot on November 6.  Township supervisors have asked the residents to vote on a small mill rate that would tax themselves for the operation and upkeep of the township’s aging cemeteries.  You…

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The Monument Business is Changing Too

By Funeral Director Daily / September 7, 2018 /

The accelerating trend over the past 20 years towards cremation as a method of final disposition has not only affected how funeral homes and cemeteries operate.  It has created issues with casket companies, burial vault companies, and monument dealers as well. I came across this article from Columbus CEO which exhibits some ways in which…

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More on the Memphis Trial

By Funeral Director Daily / September 6, 2018 /

Here is an article from the USA Today about the Memphis cemetery trial.  This article gives some more insight into what is alleged to have happened and why plaintiffs believe that funeral homes are, at least in part, responsible. [wpforms id=”436″ title=”true” description=”true”]

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Whose Liability is it?

By Funeral Director Daily / September 6, 2018 /

Tuesday marked the opening of a trial in Memphis, Tennessee that you can read about here that is trying to get a finding as to whose responsibility is it when families have had grossly mishandled burials.  In this case, that of the Galilee Memorial Gardens of Memphis,  a lawsuit in which  more than 1,200 families…

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Cemetery Annexations

By Funeral Director Daily / August 28, 2018 /

We’ve told you before that we think cemeteries have some great business opportunities in the new wave of cremation protocol if death care professionals can convince client families that the proper way to memorialize their loved ones is to inter or use a cemetery niche instead of scattering or bringing home cremated remains. We’ve also…

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StoneMor accused of poorly maintaining Philadelphia Cemeteries

By Funeral Director Daily / August 27, 2018 /

In an article that you can read here the Archdiocese of Philadelphia has had to respond to accusations that its St. Peter and St. Paul Cemetery is not properly maintained.  The Archdiocese has a 60-year contract with StoneMor Partners to operate the cemeteries and has had to point out that “As the operator of the…

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Interesting Research at Stonehenge

By Funeral Director Daily / August 3, 2018 /

It’s a beautiful Friday morning in Minnesota and I’ve been up early just researching future articles for Funeral Director Daily.  As I mentioned before, I love to continue to learn and today I came upon this article from Science News that you can read here. The article is about the Stonehenge monument and, until today,…

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In Today’s News

By Funeral Director Daily / August 2, 2018 /

We noticed an article and a news story this morning that we thought were worth sharing.  The first story is from Bloomberg News and is entitled “Mortuary Company Stays ahead of Debt by Digging graves before People Die”.  You can read the story here, which deals with public death care company StoneMor Partners and their…

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An Ancillary Opportunity for Your Funeral Home

By Funeral Director Daily / July 30, 2018 /

I started a weekday blog about 15 months ago with no subscribers and no real idea what I would be doing.  Today, with just organic growth I have almost 500 free subscribers who receive  my daily dose via e-mail and hundred of others who follow on Twitter and Facebook as well as those that just…

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Cemetery sues city for Gross Abuse

By Funeral Director Daily / July 20, 2018 /

In what is a somewhat timely item for us at Funeral Director Daily, we learned yesterday of a lawsuit filed by suburban New York City cemetery, Ferncliff Cemetery, against the City of Greenburgh.  Timely for us because this week we have highlighted zoning and location issues among the industry. The lawsuit, according to an article…

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