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News from the world of Death Care 6.24.2020

By Funeral Director Daily / June 24, 2020 /

We’ve got several interesting articles from around the world of death care for you today.  We’ve included articles on the upkeep of cemeteries – or as the articles pertain to – the lack of upkeep at certain cemeteries.  We’ve also included an article on how the funeral profession is coming under new standards in Singapore…

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Afternoon edition: News from the world of Death Care

By Funeral Director Daily / June 22, 2020 /

Today we bring you an interesting article from a woman who talks about being in “Death Tech”.  The article entitled “Confronting Life and Death in the Digital Age” deals with idea that “connection” is important.  However, the article opines that “connection” from technology can be excellent for social support. . . but just because “it…

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Weekend edition: News funeral professionals can use

By Funeral Director Daily / June 19, 2020 /

As we head into this Father’s Day weekend we share some information on a webinar for NFDA members next week, an article from Smithsonian Magazine dealing with a lost African American cemetery discovered under a development in Florida, and some perspective from Caleb Wilde entitled “12 things my Father taught me about being a funeral…

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News from the World of Death Care – 6.18.2020

By Funeral Director Daily / June 18, 2020 /

In our afternoon update for today in the world of Death Care we bring you artcles that include StoneMor, Inc.’s decision to reject an offer from Axar Capital to purchase all of the outstanding shares of StoneMor and take the company private.  Funeral Director Daily had earlier reported on this potential development in May in…

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News from around the world of Death Care

By Funeral Director Daily / June 17, 2020 /

In today’s afternoon snapshot we have lots of news from around the world.  In the United States, among other stories,  we found a news investigation on StoneMor and some of their cemetery properties in West Virginia.  We found an article and link to a webinar being produced by an Illinois family funeral home, and we…

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News from around the world of Death Care

By Funeral Director Daily / June 16, 2020 /

Today we bring you news that includes articles on how our colleagues in the florist business have fared and kept above water during the coronavirus pandemic.  We also bring you an article on how the use of crematoriums in the Wuhan province of China does not seem to correspond with the numbers that were being…

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Afternoon News: Part 3 of CNET’s Future of Funeral Series and more

By Funeral Director Daily / June 2, 2020 /

Today we bring you a couple of articles that we came across this morning that may be of interest to you.  The first is the third installment of CNET’s  (CBS Interactive) continuing series entitled “The Future of Funerals”.  Today’s episode deals with alkaline hydrolysis and CNET titles the article “The misunderstood funeral tech that is…

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Happy Memorial Day. . .a Minnesota story

By Funeral Director Daily / May 25, 2020 /

If you have read my blog for any length of time you will know that I love holidays.  I love the religious holidays like Christmas and Easter and look forward to those days for what they mean to my spiritual life.  I also love those days because several years ago I took it upon myself…

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News funeral professionals can use

By Funeral Director Daily / May 19, 2020 /

Funeral Director Daily has compiled some timely information on webinars in the industry and other information that you may be able to use. Webinar:  Weathering the Perfect Storm.  This free webinar is brought to you by Funeral Directors Life Insurance Company (FDLIC).  According to FDLIC you will “hear from investment analyst and CEO of Parkway…

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Death Care professionals: News you can use

By Funeral Director Daily / May 9, 2020 /

Funeral Director Daily today brings you a rare weekend edition of our news blog.  We do so simply because one of the webinars available through the National Funeral Directors Association is on Monday morning and we wanted you to have ample time to consider registering and blocking off an hour of your morning to watch,…

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