Cremation

The Ontario liquid cremation debate

By Funeral Director Daily / July 30, 2019 /

Since February 2018 there has been a moratorium on the installation and licensing of liquid cremation, also known as alkaline hydrolysis or water cremation, in the Canadian province of Ontario.  At this point in time, according to this article from the Ottawa Citizen, the Wartman Funeral Home of Kingston is the only facility in the…

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The veto of Viking funerals

By Funeral Director Daily / July 15, 2019 /

Funeral Director Daily had kept you informed about what has become known as the “Jedi bill” in the state of Missouri this spring and summer.  The bill, proposed by State Senator Jason Holsman, a Democrat from Kansas City, would have allowed for outdoor cremations and supposedly made Missouri a mecca for so-called “Viking or Jedi…

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Missouri close to allowing outdoor cremation in public

By Funeral Director Daily / June 18, 2019 /

A Missouri legislative bill with nearly unanimous consent has recently passed out of the Missouri legislature and is awaiting Governor Mike Parson’s decision to sign the bill into law.  You can read more about this bill here from KansasCity.com. The bill, according to the article, would allow licensed funeral directors to organize outdoor cremations at…

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Good Samaritans still abound

By Funeral Director Daily / June 12, 2019 /

We’ve advocated that one of the issues that funeral homes have to overcome to continue to serve the needs of families in need is to emphasize the fact the “Permanent Memorialization” matters.  By that we mean that cremated remains cannot just be left in a closet or left at the funeral home unclaimed.  They need…

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Will Tulip Cremation make a difference

By Funeral Director Daily / May 9, 2019 /

I mentioned earlier this week that I spent last week in Las Vegas with about 150 people in our profession.  Lots of items get bantered about at this event and one that was visited about quite frequently last week was the opening of Tulip Cremations. While I have only anecdotal knowledge of Tulip Cremation, I…

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Is there hidden value in crematory physical plants?

By Funeral Director Daily / May 1, 2019 /

I read an interesting article the other day published by Reuters out of Tokyo, Japan.  It piqued my interest because I have seen in the recent past and believe going forward that new crematory facilities will continue to be a challenge to get built in locations across North America. My belief stems from the fact…

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The Memorialization of Prince

By Funeral Director Daily / March 21, 2019 /

An article that you can read here appeared in today’s issue of the Minneapolis Star Tribune reflecting the fact that the urn of pop star Prince has been taken away from the public space at his Paisley Park home/museum. The article goes on to say that family members are somewhat in disagreement about the proper…

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Cremation. . . .perception vs. reality

By Funeral Director Daily / March 20, 2019 /

Virtually every week that I follow articles on the death care industry I will see an article like this one from CBS Local in New York that pertains to a neighborhood group banding together to stop the construction of a new crematory in their area.  This article, which includes a news video, comes from Middletown…

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$12 Million awarded in lost cremation case

By Funeral Director Daily / March 15, 2019 /

It was announced earlier this week that an Alabama jury has awarded damages of $12 million to a family whose cremated remains were lost by a funeral home.  You can read coverage from Alabama.com here and the Associated Press here. [wpforms id=”436″ title=”true” description=”true”]  

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First Greek crematory approved

By Funeral Director Daily / March 13, 2019 /

Last week Environment and Energy Minister Giorgos Stathakis signed off paving the way for the first crematory to be installed in the country of Greece.  According to Athens Mayor Giorgos Kaminis this “will allow Greece to fulfill its commitment for upholding citizens’ rudimentary rights”. You can read more of this article here. According to the…

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