Cemetery
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…
Read More about Cemetery trends continueWe’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…
Read More about Good Samaritans still aboundThe 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…
Read More about It’s not over til the star sings“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…
Read More about Past Lives MatterWe 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…
Read More about Snakes on a plane. . . .and in a cemeteryOn 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…
Read More about President Trump visits Arlington National CemeteryI 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…
Read More about Ok. . .Goat yoga. . .that is something new to meI’m a life-long Lutheran and have attended the same church since I was born. As a matter of fact, my great-grandfather, where the roots for our funeral home business come from as he started out as a cabinet maker who then built coffins to order – is one of six men listed on the charter…
Read More about Looking back to the men who rodeToday we bring you this story that broke earlier this week out of West Seneca, New York. It deals with the movement of about 220 buried caskets from one part of a cemetery to another part of that same cemetery. You can see a story and news video about this from WKBW of Buffalo here.…
Read More about New York cemetery moves caskets without notification, State investigatingWashington Park Cemetery sits in suburban St. Louis, Missouri. It is a cemetery that opened in 1920 and has not accepted new burials for almost three decades according to this article in the San Francisco Chronicle. Wanda Brandon is among a group of volunteers who tend to the cemetery. She has filed a lawsuit against…
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