Regulations

North Carolina floods, Florida hurricanes, and L.A. wildfires: The tragedy of losing “kept at home” cremated remains

By Funeral Director Daily / January 24, 2025 /

    If you have read Funeral Director Daily for any length of time you will know that I am an advocate of “Permanent Memorialization” of loved ones.  My reason for that belief is pretty simple. . . 1)  It is just the way I was brought up and 2) I believe every life has…

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ASD partners with Continuing Vision to power CEU fulfillments

By Funeral Director Daily / January 21, 2025 /

    Funeral Director Daily learned last week that “ASD – Answering Service for Directors is proud to announce a new partnership with Continuing Vision, an education provider that hosts virtual and on-site events with the goal of helping funeral directors fulfill their CE requirements. This collaboration aims to support funeral professionals in their efforts…

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My Opinion: Federal Trade Commission should start over with “Funeral Rule”

By Funeral Director Daily / January 20, 2025 /

  The “Funeral Rule” came into effect in April 1984.  That’s 40 years ago.   Don’t get me wrong. . . . I’m an advocate for consumer protections.  The “Funeral Rule” was supposed to offer those protections back in 1984. But in my opinion, the actual reality of the rule ever since it was implemented,…

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Cremation ashes case may postpone Minnesota Legislature

By Funeral Director Daily / January 14, 2025 /

  We’ve just been through a presidential election in America and in less than one week a new president will be inaugurated.  Anyone who watched that presidential election proceed and move to its conclusion over the past year would now know that “anything can happen” in American politics and just when you think you have…

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Growing popularity of “Cremation Tattoos” brings questions on regulations

By Funeral Director Daily / January 8, 2025 /

Americans have moved into a realization that when it comes to grief, memorialization, and remembrance that not one size fits all.  That’s apparent by the growing number of options chosen for human disposition and remembrance.   This article and news video story from the Central Oregon Daily News brings up the relatively new memorialization process…

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My Opinion: Federal Trade Commission should suspend potential “Funeral Rule” changes

By Funeral Director Daily / January 2, 2025 /

    As my first post of the New Year I find it imperative that I look into the world of Death Care, Funeral, and Cremation business with a perspective of change that is happening all around us.  And, when I look at that change, I think in our Death Care world, as well as…

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2024 Death Care “Trend of the Year”: The continuing growth of human disposition options

By Funeral Director Daily / December 31, 2024 /

  It hit me the other day while I was in the process of reading a new book, “Meeting the Moment”.  It’s a story of how six United States Presidents “met the moment” and “Inspired Presidential Leadership that transformed America”.     It’s also probably an odd place to get insight and inspiration for putting down…

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Does “Loneliness” affect funeral services, revenue?

By Funeral Director Daily / December 27, 2024 /

  Prior to Christmas this past month I listened to my pastor preach on “Loneliness”, and loneliness specifically as it relates to the Holiday Season.  You see, she pointed out, that while many of us are excited to see family and friends during the Holiday Season, there are a whole lot of people who become…

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A thought for the day. . . . . .

By Funeral Director Daily / December 24, 2024 /

    This short article will be going out on the morning of Christmas Eve and in preparing it I think of a Christmas Eve that always comes to mind for me in correlation to working in the funeral business.  It was probably in the 1990’s, I was probably in my late 30’s age-wise,  and…

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Veteran’s Affairs Cemeteries to offer “Green Burial” pilot programs

By Funeral Director Daily / December 13, 2024 /

    It’s probable to say that the fad of Green Burials has turned into a trend and may have become an accepted norm to human disposition.  Evidence of this is given by the decision of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs announcing in this press release that it is instituting a “pilot program”…

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