Regulations
Back in December 2025, Funeral Director Daily, in this article, informed you of the case of the empty grave of CBC Canada Royal Glider Pilot Gordon Patrick. If you read the article you will recall, Sgt. Patrick died in 1973 and was buried in Green Acres Cemetery outside of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. And,…
The Lafayette (Colorado) City Council reached an agreement on what action to take to help those who have purchased lots in the Lafayette Cemetery and may not be able to use them due to conditions at the cemetery. You see, back in September 2025 it was discovered that the 150-year old cemetery had record…
Yesterday we received this press release from the National Funeral Directors Association that stated a Letter of Intent was signed between the Boards of Directors of the National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) and Selected Independent Funeral Homes to pursue a merger to unite the two organizations. The press release also made this comment:…
Maybe it is just because I want to put that time period out of my mind but I don’t think of the global pandemic of 2020-2021 very often anymore. It was a time period that I was pretty much home-bound and cautionary. And, I remember it as a time of great uncertainty for many…
In March 2025 the Texas Funeral Service Commission sent a cease and desist order to the East Plano Islamic Center (EPIC) ordering “the mosque to stop what it alleged were unlicensed funeral services, and the commission accused the mosque of operating a funeral home without a license.” According to this recent article from…
It’s just the way it works. If you are a company or other entity that seeks patents to protect your intellectual property you have to be able to fight off others who may want to capitalize on your documented efforts. It seems that Parting Stone, the solidified remains company found that out. …
I started publishing Funeral Director Daily about the same time that entrepreneur Katrina Spade was involved in a pilot research project with Washington State University on the possibility and merits of composting human remains. During that time I can remember telling some of my friends about this project and the eventual legalization of the…
As you are well aware of two large-scale earthquakes occured in Venezuela last week. As I write this article on Saturday morning June 27, the official death toll in the country is listed at 920 but there are tens of thousands reported missing. Some sources estimate that the death toll could reach over 50,000…
I noticed this article in Yahoo Finance this week proclaiming that “Your 401(k) match may not be as generous as it once was“. Here’s what peaked my interest as I read this article, “Employers are acutely aware of the value of helping employees save for retirement, but their recent actions are at odds…
We learned last week from this article in the Peterborough (Ontario) Examiner that the Hendren Funeral Homes have sold their three funeral homes to Opus Tribute Group. According to the article, “Opus Tribute Group is a community governed, not-for-profit organization that has been in existence for more than 175 years starting out as Little…
