Cemetery
StoneMor Partners, the Philadelphia based funeral home and cemetery limited partnership that is publicly traded, issued some interesting news this week. First of all, CEO Larry Miller, one of the firm’s founders has announced his resignation effective on August 31, 2017, or when a replacement is named. Secondly, according to an article in www.philly.com, the…
Read MoreWhen I was a youngster I was amazed that my dad, the local funeral director, knew everybody in our small community and also knew the history of each and every family in the city. After 35 years as a local funeral director I now find myself in the same situation. As they say, the apple…
Read MoreAs is probably the case in many communities across the country an article in the Dayton Daily News points out that the veterans who volunteer their time at Dayton National Cemetery are in limited supply. The Honor Squad at the cemetery averages about 1,200 memorial tributes per year and the group has a low number…
Read MoreThere is a small problem in the community of Marysville, Michigan, according to an article in The Voicenews. Marysville Director of Public Works, Barry Kreiner is quoted as saying, “We are all out of niches. They are all sold”. At Funeral Director Daily we have mentioned that cremation seems to becoming the preferred method…
Read MoreAn article recently published in the Wilkes-Barre Citizen’s Voice that deals with the number of cremations on the rise also reaches into the ramifications for families who have purchased cemetery burial space and now have no reason to use it. The article which lets us know of the rise in cremation services worldwide for a…
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