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Will funeral homes become the venue for medically assisted death?

By Funeral Director Daily / June 22, 2023 /

      By my count, according to this website titled Compassion & Choices there are 10 states and the District of Columbia in the United States where Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) is legal.  It is also legal in the province of Quebec in Canada where they have, according to this article, grown in the…

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Community events can lead to the “Connection” you need

By Funeral Director Daily / June 15, 2023 /

    I’ve lived in the same growing community my entire life.  I know a lot about the community. . .as a matter of fact my two sons always tell me “I have accumulated a wealth of worthless knowledge about it”!!   Living here for a long period of time, being interested in my community,…

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PlotBox recieves capital investment

By Funeral Director Daily / June 13, 2023 /

      PlotBox, in this recent press release, announces that they have received a US$ 6.2 million capital investment from Guiness Ventures and other existing investors.  The press release states that the company,  “Headquartered in Northern Ireland with offices in the United States and Australia, . . . has grown over the last decade…

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What is a small business loan??

By Funeral Director Daily / June 7, 2023 /

    If you are in business, or want to be, you need to know more than the basics of finance.  There are all kinds of ways to raise money which includes bank loans.  Today our friends from Live Oak Bank take over the editorial duties at Funeral Director Daily and tell us the difference…

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Service Corporation adds “human composting” services to some funeral homes in Seattle

By Funeral Director Daily / June 6, 2023 /

        Earlier in May, the largest death care provider in North America, Service Corporation International, added what they call “human composting” services to their list of services provided by five funeral homes in the Seattle, Washington, area.  This press release mentions that the process is also known as “natural organic reduction” and…

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Do Death Care consumers trade down in a weak economic environment?

By Funeral Director Daily / May 31, 2023 /

      Has the death care community ever studied if, when faced with economic difficulties, the purchase of death care such as funerals, caskets, cremations, and other services reflect those economic times or do the vast majority of death care consumers select the disposition option, such as burial and cremation, that is most meaningful…

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Matthews International continues to lead Death Care Index companies in 2023

By Funeral Director Daily / May 30, 2023 /

    All three major indexes of the U.S. stock market, the Nasdaq Composite, the S&P 500, and the Dow Jones Industrials grew by 1% or more on Friday.  That convinced me that, over the long weekend I should take a look at how the public companies that deal with Death Care have fared for…

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Memorial spaceflight fails to reach orbit

By Funeral Director Daily / May 17, 2023 /
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    In what was reminiscent of the 1986 Challenger explosion, you can see in this video embedded in this article, an explosion only seconds into launch that caused a suborbital rocket carrying the cremated remains of 120 humans destined for earth orbit, to disintegrate and fall to earth.  The rocket was launched by Up…

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Green Burials are here

By Funeral Director Daily / May 2, 2023 /
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    For the past 4 years of so since I’ve been putting pen to paper writing Funeral Director Daily as I do my research I invariably come across articles on Green Burials.  Green Burials by my definition are “ecology based earth burials with as simple a disposition process that can be done”.   They would…

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Parting Stone website traffic increases after Shark Tank episode

By Funeral Director Daily / May 1, 2023 /
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    Earlier in April Parting Stone and its CEO Justin Crowe appeared on an episode of Shark Tank looking for potential investors to help move the company along into the mainstream of post-cremation remains options.  And, while that happened as the company took an investment offer from well known Sharks Kevin O’Leary and Lori…

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