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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…
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, 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…
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…
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…
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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…
Recently 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…
We recently learned thru a press release, that you can read here, of a Toronto based company, UrbanRIP, that has created a new urn called the Candlestick Egg Urn. From our point of view, it is an urn designed to fit in a home decor where it will have meaning and accessibility for the family…
I heard about this process almost a year ago but did not really know enough to write on the subject until I came across this article from The Telegraph, a publication of Hearst Media. The process that I refer to is that of tattoo removal from a deceased body. As it turns out there are…
