Cemetery
I awoke early Monday morning to hear of the death of Pope Francis. Pope Francis, who was 88 years of age at the time of his death, had served in his present position since 2013. There is no doubt that his death will bring immense publicity to his funeral wishes and the historic…
Everstory Partners serves over 65,000 families annually and in addition to its funeral home business, operates close to 400 cemeteries around the United States, including Puerto Rico. Recently they authored this press release which lets us know that they have completed a process in which all cemeteries have been digitized. Here’s what…
It’s not your father’s Death Care world anymore. Because if you are currently involved in the Death Care business it seems like everyday something new happens that we haven’t thought about before. . . . and hadn’t happened in the past. Recently this story broke about what happened on South Korea’s Jeju Island. …
A couple of recent articles that I read give an indication of how the financial success of cemeteries can vary based on location and/or the clientele that may be using the cemetery. I’m from the state of Minnesota and more specifically an area outside of the metropolitan Minneapolis/St. Paul demographic market. My…
If you have been a funeral director for any length of time you have found yourself in a cemetery on a beautiful summer day when after the formal committal service the family remains to visit and you see young children play on cemetery monuments. However, as this archived CBS News article mentions, children…
Over the last couple of decades there arises every once in a while the idea that the Walt Disney Company should get into some of the businesses that funeral home operators and cemetery operators specialize in. That’s recently been in the news again. I first really thought about Disney and Death Care…
While we cannot guarantee success with every idea, one of the reasons for reading Funeral Director Daily is that we endeavor to give ideas to Death Care professionals that can have a positive impact on the financial results of your funeral home, crematory, or cemetery. And, with the continuing choice of cremation as…
This short article will be going out on the morning of Christmas Eve and in preparing it I think of a Christmas Eve that always comes to mind for me in correlation to working in the funeral business. It was probably in the 1990’s, I was probably in my late 30’s age-wise, and…
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”…
Wreaths 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…
