Cremation

Problems in the Portland Sky

By Funeral Director Daily / June 28, 2018 /

Today we bring you this article with multiple photos and a news video from Portland, Oregon television station KOIN.  It concerns the First Call Mortuary Services of Portland and the problems they have recently had with emissions from their crematory. According to the article the mortuary service has had at least 21 cases of dark,…

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Distance from major city forces cremation prices Higher

By Funeral Director Daily / June 26, 2018 /

Over the weekend I read an interesting article from the British publication Moneywise, which you can read here.  The article was titled, “Cremation monopoly force prices Up” and deals with, what I would call cremation prices outside of a major metro area. For the sake of this discussion, I believe that the definition of cremation…

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California City Staff suggest denial of Crematory in City

By Funeral Director Daily / June 19, 2018 /

Later tonight the El Cajon (California) Planning Commission will have the opportunity to approve an application to approve the first crematory in that city.  According to an article in East County Magazine that you can read here, Robert Zakar, owner of El Cajon Mortuary, is seeking to add on-site cremation services to his existing funeral…

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Remains left at Vietnam Vets Wall to be Buried with Honors

By Funeral Director Daily / June 1, 2018 /

I came across an article today in the Minneapolis StarTribune that carried a Washington Post byline.  You can read the article here and it pertains to an agreement that was reached between the National Park Service and the Missing in America Project.  The Missing in America Project says that their purpose is to identify and…

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Utah Becomes 14th State to Approve Alkaline Hydrolysis

By Funeral Director Daily / May 31, 2018 /

A recent article from The Universe, a Brigham Young University publication, which you can read here starts off with the following quote, “The baby boomers have changed every industry in their lives, so they’ll change this one as well.”  That was said by Utah funeral director and founder of the Nelson Family Mortuary Lance Nelson.…

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What’s Your Protocol?

By Funeral Director Daily / May 29, 2018 /

When I first started making funeral arrangements it was in the day of over 90% earth burials in my community.  I remember many times when making the removal of the deceased at the nursing home, hospital, or private residence that the next of kin would say to me, “When do we come in to pick…

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Fire Department called to crematory in suburban San Diego

By Funeral Director Daily / May 25, 2018 /

On Thursday, May 24, a suburban San Diego fire department was called to a crematory.  Evidently, according to Fox 5 of San Diego, a crematory door was ajar and led to billowing smoke from the chimney and out the buildings doors.  Again, according to Fox 5, the fire suppression system also kicked into gear leading…

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Pure Cremation Secures $10 million in Venture Financing

By Funeral Director Daily / May 22, 2018 /

Pure Cremation, the company that was started in the United Kingdom in 2015 recently announced that it will have received a total of US $10 million in funding for its low cost model of simple cremations following death.  According to this article from Evening Express which you can read here, Elliot Kaye, an investment director…

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Chinese Citizens Paid to Destroy Caskets

By Funeral Director Daily / April 25, 2018 /

I recently read an article from the South China Morning Post that you can read here.  The article touches on the fact that the Jiangnan City Daily reported that about 400 villagers in Shangrao county of Jiangxi province were paid about 1,000 yuan (about $159) to have their caskets crushed. The article goes on to say that…

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Massachusetts community to vote on Municipal Pet Crematory

By Funeral Director Daily / April 24, 2018 /

Two years ago the Massachusetts Cape Cod community of Harwich approved the transfer of land to the cemetery commission to build a pet cemetery for the community.  Roads and paths are being put in, landscaping has been done and the project even won an innovation award from the Massachusetts Municipal Association. Now, according to this…

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