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Lessons learned from growing up as an FDK (Funeral Director’s Kid)

By Funeral Director Daily / November 19, 2020 /

This article will be published on Friday morning because I figure it won’t be real business like, but it will be something that the reader can carry into the weekend. Lots of people talk about PK’s – Preacher’s Kids – but there is another group of us who grew up in a funeral home or…

New Mexico funeral home fined for social distancing violation

By Funeral Director Daily / November 11, 2020 /

I woke up this morning (Monday as I write this) to see the Dow Jones Industrial average futures up over 5% on the news that Pfizer has had tremendous success with its Covid-19 vaccination drug trials. It’s a rainy day in Minnesota so I did my daily run on the treadmill watching Jim Cramer on…

Will regulations kill small town funeral homes

By Funeral Director Daily / October 13, 2020 /

I started to read this linked article from Fort Wayne Business that you can access here with the thought of including another story on a locally owned small town funeral home investing in their community by building new facilities to serve the people of that community. The article deals with owners Miles and Tarah Wilson…

Recompose getting competitors. . . and that’s okay

By Funeral Director Daily / October 6, 2020 /

This article from the Daily Chronicle tells how Recompose founder Katrina Spade has been working since 2014 to bring Natural Organic Reduction (NOR) to an acceptable and legal process of human disposition. She not only had to prove the science behind what many call “human composting” but had to find a legislative body to approve…

Arlington Cemetery Part 3: A personal story

By Funeral Director Daily / September 30, 2020 /

When I researched and wrote a story about Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg being buried at Arlington National Cemetery little did I know it would lead to a Three-part series with Funeral Director Daily. However, the story triggered some memories in my life on what I knew about Arlington and, in today’s article, how I as…

Joe Louis and Arlington National Cemetery

By Funeral Director Daily / September 29, 2020 /

We gave a little history on Arlington National Cemetery in yesterday’s edition of Funeral Director Daily. As a follow-up to that I promised a little more today. I had always heard that the eligibility requirements for interment in Arlington National Cemetery were more stringent than in the other Veteran’s National Cemeteries scattered across the country.…

Justice Ginsburg to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery

By Funeral Director Daily / September 28, 2020 /

Late last week when Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s body was being removed from Statutory Hall at the United States Capitol I heard that her body would be interred this week at Arlington National Cemetery. As a person who loves the history, majesty, and ceremony that is Arlington National Cemetery, I wondered a little…

Back in the saddle again

By Funeral Director Daily / September 11, 2020 /

Today I am going to take one day and depart from my usual news and commentary on the death care profession to tell a little about my position on the Board of Regents at the University of Minnesota – the 12 person public board that governs the University. I do so because as you read…

Weekend Edition: SCI receives economic development aid, a difference of opinion in Winnipeg, a preneed ratings downgrade

By Funeral Director Daily / September 4, 2020 /

It is somewhat unbelievable to me how fast we have moved from Memorial Day to Labor Day, but here we are. Among the American debate, many schools are opening, the election is soon here, and the one constant is that those in the funeral profession continue to give comfort and guidance to those in need.…

British funeral pricing policy investigation ends

By Funeral Director Daily / August 19, 2020 /

As you may know, the United Kingdom’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) set out to investigate the pricing practices of the death care industry in that country in March of 2019. They now have concluded the investigation with some findings but also indicated that “further change in the sector is necessary but some of the…

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Regulations

Lessons learned from growing up as an FDK (Funeral Director’s Kid)

Will regulations kill small town funeral homes

Recompose getting competitors. . . and that’s okay

Arlington Cemetery Part 3: A personal story

Joe Louis and Arlington National Cemetery

Justice Ginsburg to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery

Back in the saddle again

Weekend Edition: SCI receives economic development aid, a difference of opinion in Winnipeg, a preneed ratings downgrade

British funeral pricing policy investigation ends

Regulations

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