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According to this article from the Minneapolis Tribune but syndicated by the New York Times, “when Louise Rafkin posted a photo of her mother on Facebook the night of her death at age 98 in September with her golden retriever at her side, it rattled some family members and friends.” “The Facebook post was a…
Read MoreThanks to our readers and a solid word of mouth presence in the death care profession, Funeral Director Daily continues to grow our readership. As you can see from the chart below we continue to grow slow and sure among decision makers in the funeral, cemetery, and cremation world. Thank you. We continue to show…
Read MoreIn this article from the Los Angeles Times you can read about Assembly Bill 2592 (AB2592) that was recently introduced by Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia. AB2592 would, if passed and signed into law, allow for human composting in the state of California as an eco-friendly alternative to traditional burial or cremation. Human recomposition was passed into…
Read MoreI receive a periodic e-mail update from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and in today’s update noticed an article about the United States Census looking to hire military veterans to work during the 2020 census. I am passing this on simply because I know funeral directors in communities know their veteran populations. Maybe our…
Read MoreMany of you who work in the death care business may know Jim Price. Jim comes from a funeral service family and has worked full-time in the death care space for almost 50 years. I met Jim about 30 years ago at a funeral profession golf event and have seen him annually for almost each…
Read MoreJust yesterday Funeral Director Daily featured an article about staying positive about changes that come within the industry. We wrote about changes in funeral service over the last 150 years and how figuring out how you can enhance your service with those changes is what keeps funeral homes relevant to death care consumers. Today, we…
Read MoreAs we move into the weekend I thought I would just leave you with an article to read about another – what some might say is innovative – way to memorialize a loved one. I wrote earlier this week that I am one who would opt to bury a loved one’s cremated remains in a…
Read MoreOne company says, their business is about “the option to deal with everything online in as little as five minutes” and meant to give back time to people who are grieving. Another business says it is about “connecting with the families they serve”. One company wants to offer a simple solution and an all-inclusive price…
Read MoreRecompose, the public benefits corporation that is moving the process of recomposition (human composting) into the commercial realm recently held a forum at the Feldman Mortuary in Denver, Colorado. The forum was used to introduce the idea of recomposition to the Colorado market and also to announce that two Colorado legislators plan to introduce a…
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