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David Murphy is not only a funeral director but he is well on his way to becoming the owner of a successful manufacturing business. Murphy, a funeral director at the Newark, New York, family firm, Paul L. Murphy & Son Funeral Home recently was awarded $40,000 as the First Place recipient of the Wayne County…
Read MoreAlkaline hydrolysis as a means of final disposition keeps growing in legality in states across the United States. Recomposition, the act of human composting becomes legal in the State of Washington this year, and now it is probable that the State of Kansas will see a bill introduced into its legislature to legalize “promession” as…
Read MoreWe will start off our December writings going to the subject of cremation. Over the long holiday weekend we noticed a couple of articles that we found interesting. We will bring you some information from Greece and a couple of cremation products that have their origin in Japan. As you know, from this article that…
Read MoreLast week I learned about, what I might classify as extraordinary and possibly trend setting – if one can say that about funeral establishments – new funeral home that opened recently in London. The business named “Exit Here” was conceived by British restauranteer Oliver Peyton and his business partner, Barry Pritchard, a third generation funeral…
Read MoreRecompose, the private company that has been established to become the first company to use “human composting” as a method of final disposition is continuing to move ahead with their plans. There is a very good article that we found in the Seattle Times, that you can read here, that makes note of the fact…
Read MoreSometimes the way we communicate is overlooked and can, over time, creep costs upward and move operational productivity down at the same time. Things like internet services and the providers that we use need to be reviewed every so often. InvoCare, which operates 290 funeral locations and 16 cemeteries across Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore…
Read MoreMany of the nicest people I know work in the funeral profession. And, an interesting thing about some of those people is listening to the stories of how they got into the profession. I’ve talked to people who were medics in the army, drove ambulance, or worked as nurses who all saw the the compassion…
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Read MoreYou can read this article from Variety that informs its readers that CBS has agreed to a commitment for a series pilot to be filmed using a family owned funeral home as the backdrop. The series is currently titled “Fun” – as in “You can’t spell funeral without f-u-n.” In the sit-com a brother of…
Read MoreRecently ASD has joined Cressy Memorial, maker of the Crowne Vault, as a sponsor of Funeral Director Daily. We are tremendously gratified for the confidence that these fine companies have put in us as we deliver information and other resources to the profession. We asked a spokesman for ASD to give us a little information…
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