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Anthem Partners announces strategic partnership with Family Shield Credit

By Funeral Director Daily / July 10, 2026 /

In a press release from earlier this week funeral home operator Anthem Partners announced that they have formed a partnership with Family Shield Credit in order to provide families with “flexible, budget-friendly payment options while helping funeral homes improve cash flow and operational efficiency”.   According to the press release, “the partnership will make Family…

Parting Stone enforces patent protection

By Funeral Director Daily / July 9, 2026 /

    It’s just the way it works.  If you are a company or other entity that seeks patents to protect your intellectual property you have to be able to fight off others who may want to capitalize on your documented efforts.  It seems that Parting Stone, the solidified remains company found that out.  …

Recompose: On the “Grow”

By Funeral Director Daily / July 2, 2026 /

  I started publishing Funeral Director Daily about the same time that entrepreneur Katrina Spade was involved in a pilot research project with Washington State University on the possibility and merits of composting human remains.  During that time I can remember telling some of my friends about this project and the eventual legalization of the…

Starmark accelerates expansion

By Funeral Director Daily / July 1, 2026 /

  In a press release received earlier this week Starmark, a leading manufacturer of funeral and cremation supplies covering all of North America with factory direct shipping, announced the expansion of its “white glove delivery service into many new markets within Alabama, Arkansas, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Northern California, Oregon, Tennnessee, Washington, and Wisconsin”.  …

Can “Super Venues” and “Great Experiences” raise revenues per case?

By Funeral Director Daily / June 30, 2026 /

  I’ve written before in this medium that a big-part of my business strategy philosophy North Star came from reading the book “Megatrends” by John Naisbitt in 1982.  Naisbitt’s best-seller predicted 10 trends that would change behavior, including consumer behavior, over the next generation.  From reading that book, I realized that if you want to…

Jefferson movie to soon be streaming

By Funeral Director Daily / June 23, 2026 /

    It’s been about three years since we told you that Producer Dean Jones and actor Kevin Sorbo were filming the production of a movie based on the real-life of funeral director Danny Jefferson.  Jefferson had been honored as the American Funeral Director magazine “Funeral Director of the Year in 2017”.   The film,…

Everstory Partners adds New Jersey cemetery to its group

By Funeral Director Daily / June 22, 2026 /

    Everstory Partners the cemetery heavy company that operates more than 460 cemeteries, funeral homes, and crematories in the United States and Puerto Rico announced last week that they had acquired the Franklin Memorial Park in central New Jersey.  You can read about the transaction from the Everstory Partners website here.   The cemetery…

Pizza Hut, Batesville, and CANA

By Funeral Director Daily / June 19, 2026 /

    Pizza Hut, Batesville, and CANA?   A reader sent me an article earlier this week that brings these three topics into a Venn diagram sort of picture for me.   First of all, the article sent to me, which you can access here, was concerning the purchase of Pizza Hut (all except the Mainland…

The confluence between death care, estate settlement, and planning for both

By Funeral Director Daily / June 17, 2026 /

  When you think about it, the death of a loved one sets in motion a chain of events that, in many instances and dependent on family economics, cannot be stopped.  There is the death, the disposition and/or services, and the wrapping up of the estate, or as commonly called, the estate settlement process.  …

You might hear more about this later today

By Funeral Director Daily / June 9, 2026 /

  The Tribecca Film Festival is underway in New York City and tonight June 9, Friday, and Saturday, the next Death Care industry movie, Death Boom, will be one of the featured attractions.   Here’s what is said as part of the synopsis of the movie as explained on the Tribecca Film Festival website:  …