Cemetery
In what was reminiscent of the 1986 Challenger explosion, you can see in this video embedded in this article, an explosion only seconds into launch that caused a suborbital rocket carrying the cremated remains of 120 humans destined for earth orbit, to disintegrate and fall to earth. The rocket was launched by Up…
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As we continue to see less and less full casket traditional burials at cemeteries, especially rural cemeteries, we have kept you apprised about some of the issues that these long-time, old-established cemeteries face. Most of the time the issues are those of finances — such as not enough grave lot sales, interment sales,…
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For the past 4 years of so since I’ve been putting pen to paper writing Funeral Director Daily as I do my research I invariably come across articles on Green Burials. Green Burials by my definition are “ecology based earth burials with as simple a disposition process that can be done”. They would…
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There are approximately 3 million deaths in the United States each year. As of 2023, about 40% of those deaths are interred as “Traditional Earth Burials”. That leaves about 1.8 million deaths that are cremations, alkaline hydrolysis, green burials, or natural organic reduction forms of disposition. In almost all of the three…
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We’ve advised readers of the financial problems that small church and civic cemeteries have in today’s world of less earth burials. Revenue is tougher to come by as cemetery grave lot purchase revenue is not received in a great proportion of today’s deaths. That eventually leads to less money in perpetual care accounts.…
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Robert L. Waltrip, age 92, founder of death care company Service Corporation International, died on Monday, February 27, 2023. A Celebration of Life service is scheduled for today (March 2). Interment is scheduled in the Reflection Garden of Memorial Oaks Cemetery in Houston, Texas. You can access an obituary powered…
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“The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated” is a popular misquote attributed to author Samuel Clemens, known by his pen name, Mark Twain. However, that quote has stayed with Clemens (Twain) forever and is now simply a part of his lore. The same thing may be said for cemeteries. The demise…
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I live in flyover country so I don’t pretend to be an expert on the customs and traditions of New York’s funeral and cemetery business. However, I’ve been in the death care business my entire life and never had heard of the business set-up of New York’s Pinelawn Cemetery. I read a recent article…
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If you are part of the Death Care business in North America part of your goal is to move families from grief to remembrance of their loved one. And, if we are honest about it, we should never want anybody to ever be forgotten. That’s why so many are so strong in recommending a place…
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As you may know I have lived my entire life in Minnesota. . . and this past weekend winter arrived. We had a little brush with snow and then our first Zero degree day was Saturday. It made me think of my working years with committal services out at the cemetery following a church service…
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