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Recompose sets sights on Colorado

By Funeral Director Daily / December 18, 2019 /

Recompose, 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…

Funeral Director / Entrepreneur wins competition with funeral product

By Funeral Director Daily / December 12, 2019 /

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…

We’re not in Kansas anymore. . .or are we?

By Funeral Director Daily / December 3, 2019 /

Alkaline 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…

Cremation. . .Greek church opposition. . . a couple new products

By Funeral Director Daily / December 2, 2019 /

We 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…

A new, hipper, choice in funerals

By Funeral Director Daily / November 25, 2019 /

Last 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…

Recompose moving forward

By Funeral Director Daily / November 21, 2019 /

Recompose, 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…

InvoCare invests in new cloud and bandwidth technology

By Funeral Director Daily / November 19, 2019 /

Sometimes 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…

Meet the “Glam Reaper”

By Funeral Director Daily / October 31, 2019 /

Many 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…

Make use of the Funeral Director Daily “Free Classifieds”

By Funeral Director Daily / September 30, 2019 /

Funeral Director Daily offers free classified advertising in the following categories: Employment Opportunities Funeral Businesses for Sale Insurance Products We just want to make sure that your company is aware of these free opportunities to reach potential employees and customers.  Ads are free and will stay on the blog-site for 30 days without any effort…

CBS commits to funeral home based comedy series pilot

By Funeral Director Daily / September 26, 2019 /

You 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…