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Only a few years ago Dan Garrett of the United Kingdom founded the will writing company Farewill in that country. He estimates that his company has moved, via estates, a wealth transfer of more than 100 billion pounds of assets. He’s moved on to also start a firm in Direct Cremation with “Farewill…
Earlier this month ChurchFunerals Direct, an Ohio-based funeral services provider made this announcement that they had formed a partnership with the Ohio Association of Regular Baptist Churches (OARBC). According to the announcement, ChurchFunerals Direct is now “the official state funeral provider for the 134 churches in the OARBC. According to Mark May, ChurchFunerals Direct…
There is no doubt that the Death Care profession continues to consolidate and it is not only true of retail funeral establishments. You can read in this press release about Victoriaville & Co. announcing that they are acquiring certain assets of the Schuylkill Haven Casket Company and Columbia Caskets Corporation. Here’s what the…
It is my opinion that the lack of people to preside over ceremonies for the dead may in the future have a limiting effect on the number of ceremonies that are held. . . . which would be detrimental to those in the funeral home and memorial businesses. I understand that conducting…
According to information that I have believed reliable not every death requires an estate attorney to settle an estate. However, with every death in which there are assets left somebody has to find those assets and distribute them to the heirs. I recently came across a product, Sunset, that advertises that “(The…
“. . . . delivers a compassionate and thoughtful approach to saying goodbye to loved ones“. That’s a quote from one of the testamonials that I discovered when I looked up Tomorrow Funerals of Australia. I come across a lot of things when I am researching articles for Funeral Director Daily. And,…
Alan Wolfelt is one of the great death care eductors of this generation and when I get a chance to read his works I always learn something. In the latest edition of NFDA’s The Director magazine Wolfelt authors an article entitled “Efficiency does not equal Effectiveness”. In that article Wolfelt makes the case…
We are just a weekend away from honoring our veterans with Memorial Day celebrations across the country. In word we received last month we learned that Musgrove Family Mortuaries and Cemeteries was getting a head-start on the celebration by announcing a new “Court of Honor” to “to remember and respect Oregonians who served…
According to at least one website, George Gershwin’s 1934 song “Summertime” is the most covered song in the world. And, with Memorial Day just around the corner the un-official opening of Summer is upon us. Here’s a website where you can see the history of this song and how it has been performed over…
Funeral directing company A.W. Lymn of Nottinghamshire, Great Britain, has been giving the green light to construct an ancient style facility for the disposition of cremated human remains. As this article maintains, “they have been granted permission for the first and only modern barrow site in the East Midlands”. (Editor’s Note: I…
