Cremation
As we mentioned in yesterday’s feature article that pertained to the financial side of the death care industry, it has been a different and interesting year in that realm. Today, we will be reminding you that it has also been an interesting and different year on the relationship side of the profession. I’m a guy…
Read MoreToday’s article may take a little thinking outside the box, but I think that there is some justification to thinking in the model that I will relate. As a funeral director during the time period of 1980 and 2015 I, arguably served in the period that cremation made its upswing in American death culture. And,…
Read MoreAccording to this article from ARY News, the Great Britain drafted emergency Coronavirus Bill 2019-21, it is said to allow designated local authorities to disregard section 46(3) of the Public Health Act of 1984. That section is designed to prevent a public authority to be able to cremate a body against the wishes of the…
Read MoreOver the weekend we noticed this article from the Perryville News of Perryville, Missouri. It concerns an issue that we are seeing more and more of as funeral homes and other concerns attempt to place new crematories in areas that they have not been located in before. That issue centers around the public perception of…
Read MoreOur funeral home firm embarked on building a new physical funeral home with a first ever, for us, crematory included in 2005. It’s hard to believe that we have been headquartered there for 15 years as I remember things such as pointing out what trees we wanted to save on the bare lot. Some of…
Read MoreAlkaline hydrolysis as a means of final disposition keeps growing in legality in states across the United States. Recomposition, the act of human composting becomes legal in the State of Washington this year, and now it is probable that the State of Kansas will see a bill introduced into its legislature to legalize “promession” as…
Read MoreWe will start off our December writings going to the subject of cremation. Over the long holiday weekend we noticed a couple of articles that we found interesting. We will bring you some information from Greece and a couple of cremation products that have their origin in Japan. As you know, from this article that…
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