The goal of mine with Funeral Director Daily is not only to assist and inform owner/operators of funeral homes and cemeteries with business ideals and practices that are current in the industry but to educate them with items they don’t necessarily have the time to look into on their own. Today’s message is one of…

For several years now the U.S. Army, operators of Arlington National Cemetery, have planned for an expansion to the south but had not really figured out how they were going to get the land to do so.  It was thought that they would probably do some type of land swap with Arlington County, Virginia, and…

I’ve been a frequent visitor to the beautiful state of Hawaii – probably going for business or pleasure at least 25 times in the last 30 years.  I love it there and find my little piece of paradise until I return home. An article in The Garden Isle, the newspaper of the Island of Kauai…

Normand Laliberte used to work for the Hummel Funeral Homes in Akron, Ohio.  He confesses that he thinks funeral costs are getting pretty high and is interested in lowering the costs to families.  One step he has taken on his own is to build a columbarium in a small cemetery so that families may have…

If you are anything like me today will cause goose-bumps on your arms as you witness a Memorial Day Parade in person or some type of celebration on television to honor those who have served our country. I never was fortunate to serve and as I get older I regret it more and more.  The…

Today, I read an article in the Seattle Times about Seattle’s Denny Park.  The article talks a little about the history of Denny Park and goes on to mention what it has been transformed into today in the other-wise dense South Lake Union neighborhood of Seattle. The park has been transformed by over $2 million…

I ran across an interesting article in the Cornell Daily Sun the other day which led me to ponder several questions about the long term maintenance of vaults, columbariums, and mausoleums in cemeteries. The article is very interesting and, quite frankly, tells of the city of Ithaca’s quest to understand what must be done to…

A recent decision by the City of Beloit, Wisconsin, to offer more cremation options at city cemeteries is causing angst among some Beloit area businesses according to the Beloit Daily News.  In essence the city is allowing their owned and operated cemeteries to offer a pricing structure that will allow for consumers to have an…