Some of us in rural America understand the concept of pioneer cemeteries.  They are small cemeteries with, in most instances, only a few burials that date back to the 1800s.  Most of these cemeteries are fenced in and closed, if not by decision, then by practicality to new burials. Today, however, when there is great…

Almost as fast as they realized the State Budget did not contain $200,000 to fund the operations of the North Carolina State Veterans’ Cemetery in Greensboro the state’s General Assembly amended its budget bill to include such.  Read about it here. Funeral Director Daily covered the original action in a post earlier today.[wpforms id=”436″ title=”true”…

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…