Regulations
We learned last week from this National Funeral Director Association (NFDA) press release that Lesley Vitter, NFDA’s Senior Vice-President of Advocacy, testified on November 13 at a Congressional House Committee hearing that concerned reviewing “Our Nation’s Hallowed Grounds”. According to the press release “The hearing focused on assessing and improving the Department…
I was excited on Friday morning when I received some information from a reader of Funeral Director Daily. You see, I started Funeral Director Daily a few years ago with the idea that it could be a network for those working in the death care profession to be able to access thoughts, ideas, and…
I don’t know if this ever happens to you, but every so often I seem to get hit from all sides with a certain subject matter. It’s usually something that I have not thought of for awhile but then, all of a sudden, seem to have the subject come up over and over…
If you work in the consumer facing Death Care business it’s pretty likely that you come into contact with Veterans of the United States Armed Forces on a consistent basis. For me, as a funeral director, most of my time with the older veterans in my community was at funeral services where they…
I spent parts of 5 days and 4 nights in New Orleans earlier this week participating in the annual National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) convention. It was a time to learn new things and visit with old friends. And, while there I attended workshops, took part in some keynote speaker addresses, wandered the…
Statistics tell us that over 80% of Americans live within one hour of an urban area. If the population of the USA is about 333 million then that leaves the other 20%, or almost 67 million people outside of those urban areas. I’m one of those 67 million and I love where I…
In late September we learned that The Natural Funeral of Lafayette, Colorado, was launching a program in which existing funeral homes can purchase what the company calls “Chrysalis” vessels for use at their own funeral homes or other facilities. The “Chrysalis” vessels are used for the human disposition process of Natural Organic Reduction…
It’s been almost 100 years since Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Bill into law in 1935. And, contrary to what most people believe, there was a “Lump Sum Death Benefit” (LSDB) applied to that bill that took effect at that time. However, the original LSDB was discontinued in 1939 at…
For over a year and a half Funeral Director Daily has followed the application process of the Evans Funeral Chapel in trying to locate and build a new crematory in the White Marsh area of Baltimore (MD) County. It now appears, because of a zoning change for the land in question, that the…
In early September the National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) joined with hundreds of other groups to delay implementation of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) which is set to be implemented on January 1, 2025. According to Google artificial intelligence (AI), “The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) went into effect on January 1, 2024. The CTA requires…
