Cremation
“One flat price. $895. No Surprises.” That’s how direct cremation provider Solace describes themselves on their web-site. And now, according to this article in Geekwire, they have some cash behind them to spread that narrative about their company. Geekwire mentioned earlier this month that Solace has closed an oversubscribed funding round of $1.745 million with…
Read MoreAn online cremation provider has been opened in the Nashville and Middle Tennessee areas according to this press release. Lumen Cremation, LLC, makes a point to mention to consumers that every cremation will be performed by a well-established Nashville mortuary that owns its own crematory. Lumen Cremation touts in the press release that “. .…
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Toronto based cremation provider Eirene announced last week in this announcement that they would be teaming up with Assurant Life of Canada (ALOC), an affiliate of Assurant Inc., to allow for Canadians to be able to pre-pay for cremations online as part of their estate planning. Eirene bills itself, on their website as, “High quality,…
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You can read in this article and video report that the State of Maine legislature has before its Health and Human Services Committee a bill that would allow non-profit entities to carry out open-air cremations and then scatter the remains on the property owned by the non-profit. The bill would require the non-profit to own…
Read MoreThere’s a lot of talk in our industry today about the disposition movements such as recomposition (human composting), alkaline hydrolysis (water cremation), and green burials. All of those fairly new ideas for human dispositions argue that they are more environmentally friendly than casketed earth burial and cremation. While that is more than likely true. .…
Read MoreThis article picks up on yesterday’s discussion of what could happen as more crematories are built expanding the supply of crematories in the United States. Yesterday’s discussion then went to the thought process and question of, “Will this excess capacity in cremation move cremation to a lower and lower retail cost as death care companies…
Read MoreLast week we commented on an article from funeral industry veteran Doug Gober. That article encapsulated where Mr. Gober saw the investment money going in the death care industry. We think Gober was right on in his assessment, but one of his insights . . . . .that of “the best way to add value…
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The pyramids in Egypt were built to give permanent memorialization to the rulers of that land. The tomb of the 13th Disciple to Christ, Matthias, can be seen to give credence to his life. George Washington, known by many as the Father of America has a burial site at his Mount Vernon home. However, there…
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Last week Foundation Partners Group issued a press release through Cision PR Newswire that you can read here. The release dealt with some of the company’s ten year history in that it has grown into a company with nearly 160 locations serving over 75,000 families annually. Another thing that the release shouted was that Foundation…
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Late last year we brought you information on the Canadian on-line cremation start-up Eirene. The company started in the Greater Toronto area and has announced in this press release that they will be expanding in Ontario. Mallory Greene, founder and CEO of Eirene had this to say, “We built Eirene with a conviction that Canadians…
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