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Over the years I’ve heard from many consumers that their choice for a cremation disposition had nothing to do with price. Even though I heard that often, and believed the people that told me that, as a funeral professional it was always hard to fathom when it seemed that everywhere you turned you saw cremations…
Hang with me here for just a second and we will get to some great information for streaming. . . . I might as well admit to you all – I’m not a big Facebook guy. I’ve probably been a member for 15 years or so and my profile will tell you that I have…
Parting Stone, the company that has pioneered the “solidified remains” method for cremated remains was informed by New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham that they had received $150,000 from the state’s Local Economic Development Act (LEDA) to grow their employment numbers in their Santa Fe facility. In the press release from the Governor’s office that…
Probably the biggest value for me in blogging with Funeral Director Daily is the people I have been able to correspond with that I would have never got to know without the blog. I’ve got lots of new friends who I have never met — almost 3,000 regular readers — many who correspond with me…
At least in my area the idea of consumers purchasing caskets either online or in person from Costco and WalMart does not seem to have caught on. I think one of the reasons why is that area funeral homes have not warmed to that idea and don’t like the competition from those large retailers. However,…
New York based Empathy has raised $43 million in about the past six months. This article tells of their most recent raise of $30 million in Series A funding coming quickly on the heels of a $13 million seed round about six months ago. According to the article, “The U.S. end-of-life industry is projected to…
A press release out of Batesville, Indiana, caught a lot of the death care profession off guard on Wednesday. That press release, which you can read here, was from Hillenbrand Industries and announced that the company would “explore strategic alternatives for its Batesville business”. Here’s what parent company Hillenbrand Industries President and CEO Kim Ryan…
I’m guessing the funeral home entrepreneur “Man in the Van” has been around for going on 50 years. My idea of the “Man in the Van” or mobile funeral home operator, is that individual funeral director business operator who operates without a permanent venue. In essence, they take calls over the internet or the phone…
Earth Funeral, which calls itself a “soil transformation provider” announced earlier this month in this press release that they will be expanding services to the state of Oregon. According to the press release, Oregon began allowing soil transformation (Natural Organic Reduction or NOR) on July 1, 2022. That makes Oregon the 3rd state, joining Washington…
I’m surprised I missed this article last October when it was originally published by CBS Sports. However, I’m glad that I found it recently while researching another article for Funeral Director Daily. The article touches on sports but is, in my opinion, an article on death care, grief, the human psyche, and the movement of…
