Cemetery
It’s probable to say that the fad of Green Burials has turned into a trend and may have become an accepted norm to human disposition. Evidence of this is given by the decision of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs announcing in this press release that it is instituting a “pilot program”…
Read MoreWreaths Across America, the non-profit organization that works with volunteers and over 4,800 cemetery locations to place wreaths on our honored veterans graves has its matching donation program in place through today where your donation can be matched by corporate companies Jersey Mike’s Subs and Norfolk Southern. For each $17 wreath donated, Jersey Mike’s…
Read MoreIn October Choice Mutual, an end-of-life burial insurance company released the results of a nationwide survey of over 3,000 individuals that, among other things, asked where in their home state would they want their cremated ashes to be dispersed or scattered. According to one article I read, the impetus for this survey…
Read MoreIn a press release we received last week funeral home and cemetery operator/consolidator Service Corporation International (SCI) announced the opening of its new property in Sandy Springs, Georgia. According to the press release that you can read here, the company’s Arlington Memorial Park is “the first memorial structure of its kind designed…
Read MoreCentral Co-op of Great Britain is an interesting company. They are a company with a history of over 100 years and operate in the grocery, legal services, floral, and funeral business. According to this Wikipedia page, the company operates over 1,000 funeral homes and is now the largest provider of Death Care…
Read MoreEarlier in August I came across this feature article titled “One of Oregon’s most prominent families appears to want another family’s burial plot” from Willamette Weekly of Oregon about a disagreement in ownership of grave lots involving two families. And, Service Corporation International (SCI) as the cemetery owner finds themselves right in the…
Read MoreIn a press release Propel Funeral Partners of New Zealand announced a somewhat unusual acquisition. Propel announced in July that they had completed the acquisition of Decra Art. Decra Art is believed to be New Zealand’s largest monument and headstone manufacturer. According to their website that you can access here, they stock…
Read MoreJohnny and Stacey Grimes are the owners of the Grimes Funeral Home in Kerrville, Texas, and according to this article from the Hill Country Community Journal they recently purchased the two Garden of Memories cemeteries in Kerrville to expand their business. More often you see family funeral homes acquire other funeral homes…
Read More“Synergy” is an interesting word and one that is almost always used when companies align, merge, or are aquired. It is defined as such, “the interaction or cooperation of two or more organizations, substances, or other agents to produce a combined effect greater than the sum of their separate effects”. That’s exactly…
Read MoreWe are just a weekend away from honoring our veterans with Memorial Day celebrations across the country. In word we received last month we learned that Musgrove Family Mortuaries and Cemeteries was getting a head-start on the celebration by announcing a new “Court of Honor” to “to remember and respect Oregonians who served…
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