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Endswell, the 2022 Death Care start-up that brands itself as “A modern funeral home, is expanding their services to Chapel Hill, North Carolina. And, it won’t be your mom and dad’s funeral home. According to this article in Chapelboro.com, the company has bought ground-floor space in a street-front condominium building where they plan to…
Recently I received a press release from Parting Stone, the solidified remains company, that enlightened me as to some of the reasons so many survivors continue to hold on to cremated remains in the home rather than pursue permanent placement for them. I’ve always thought that the main reason that families continue…
According to this recent article from the Institute for Justice the District Court of Oklahoma County has ruled that Casket of Honors owners Candice Mentink and Todd Collard may proceed with their case against the Oklahoma Funeral Board for the right to sell caskets in Oklahoma without a valid Oklahoma funeral directors license. …
It’s interesting to me that when I look at the financial results of the public companies in Death Care and also try to understand the continual business potential of Death Care, I seem to see that cemetery financial results are passing funeral home results in many locales. And, I’m coming around to the fact…
A.S. Turner & Sons has served the population of Decatur, Georgia, and the greater Atlanta area for more than 120 years. Funeral Director Daily recently mentioned the firm in this article about The Natural Funeral concept which takes The Natural Funeral’s proprietary Natural Organic Reduction (NOR) process, Terramation, to the local level. We’ve…
Funeral homes and cremation providers have seen the revenue numbers that they bring in flatten as more consumers have continued to prefer less expensive services, such as cremation, over traditional burials for the past three decades. And, as more and more options become available to the consumer, including options where a traditional funeral…
Not every consumer is looking for the $999 direct cremation service. And, the good operators in the Death Care space know that. There are plenty of ways to buy a burger in many different price points — White Castle, McDonald’s, Shake Shack, and Capital Grille all offer burgers. However, one would probably agree that…
In a press release from Chptr, that you can access here, and also in a press release from Tribute Technology, that you can access here, we learned that Chptr partnered with iHeart Media to launch “Radio Obits”. The service from Chptr is now integrated for the customers of Tribute Technology and will provide a…
Recently, to prepare for a presentation at the Cremation Association of North America (CANA) annual convention I’ve been looking into the future to try and see where Death Care is going. And, I’ve been looking at the Death Care profession in America dating back to the Civil War and trying to figure out how…
There seems to be an amazing number of technological advances coming into Death Care that can help funeral homes, crematories, and cemeteries enhance the services that they provide. Many of these breakthroughs can make a Death Care “experience” more meaningful for the families those businesses are serving. And, it just makes sense,…
