Cemetery
Deaths will always be with us. However, the way we ritualize death and provide permanent memorialization for our loved ones seems to be ever evolving. I believe that permanent memorialization has been under attack for a long time and faces long-term decline, but I also believe that ritual, and the way it evolves, may bring…
Read MoreIn today’s afternoon edition we bring you the tale of the Archdiocese of San Diego attempting to zone vacant land it has owned for some time into a cemetery to serve the people of its parishes. Homeowners in the area are not necessarily excited to see a cemetery near their homes citing property tax devaluation…
Read MoreIn today’s afternoon edition of Funeral Director Daily we have a couple of national firms in the news for differing reasons. First of all, we will tell you of Funeral Directors Life (FDLIC) and their investment in saving some of the world’s energy. They recently added a parking lot that will be covered by about…
Read MoreThis weekend edition of Funeral Director Daily leads off with a great story you can access here. It is a story written by Isabella Jibilian for Business Insider. Jibilian describes herself as a graduate student who sought out management at Fernwood Cemetery so she could write about the high cost of real estate which, down…
Read MoreToday’s afternoon edition of Funeral Director Daily brings you stories about two men on a mission. And, these men live and work in separate hemispheres but both have found a calling among the COVID-19 pandemic. Our first story is that of Brother Ronald Marin and comes to us from the Catholic publication, Crux. Brother Marin…
Read MoreOver the last couple of years Funeral Director Daily has done many articles that pertain to cemeteries, not only in the United States, but around the world. Many of those articles have dealt with the uniqueness of a cemetery or the lack of upkeep in a cemetery, or, because of that lack of upkeep, an…
Read MoreIn the news last week was a story of deceased New York state firefighter Anthony Fatale and the delayed legacy of his life. Fatale had died two years ago in 2018 at the age of 70. Fatale was single, an Air Force veteran, and a member of the Nyack Fire Department, who many colleagues say…
Read MoreThe afternoon edition of Funeral Director Daily weighs heavily with cemetery related news. Let’s see. . . .we’ve got a name change, a cemetery hoping to receive historical certification, and a cemetery where Action News Troubleshooters tells of a cemetery where it took some time, but eventually, the consumer was taken care of. Medway Cemetery…
Read MoreSummer is, historically, a time that relatives visit the graves of long deceased members of the family. Generally, between Memorial Day and Labor Day many families pack up for an afternoon and take a short trip to visit and do some upkeep on the family graves. Others visit when they get back to their hometowns…
Read MoreI came across this article from the Echo Pilot of Greencastle, Pennsylvania, the other day. To me, it is a somewhat disturbing article on a church cemetery, or what I’ll call an annex, with apparently only two burials in the annex. The church also owns a main cemetery and apparently were moving two vaults from…
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