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Today’s blog article could be classified under “funeral directors and their relatives are the most interesting people”. I grew up living next to the family funeral home, went into that business as a career, and operated the business for almost 35 years so I’ve gotten acquainted with many people who grew up as a funeral…
Read MoreWe don’t have to look very far to understand that we live in an inter-connected world. What happens in one part of the world has always led to innovation in other parts of the world. But now with our connectivity, it just happens much faster. And, it is always wise to look to other parts…
Read MoreA byline out of Salem, Ohio, in the Morning Journal announced the opening of a new funeral home in Salem by Higgins-Reardon Funeral Home and Cremation Services. According to that article that you can read here, the company purchased an old bank building, that was originally built as a Friendly’s restaurant, and has remodeled it…
Read MoreAs we head into the weekend we will give you a few articles that you may want to peruse at your leisure pursuant to the death care industry. . . Alabama law – This article will tell you about efforts in the Alabama State Legislature that will pave the way for unembalmed bodies to be…
Read MoreAs we have done on several other Fridays, we thought we would just send your way a few articles that we thought might be of interest without any commentary and let you decide if you want to learn more about the items featured. Here is an article on an Ohio cemetery owned by StoneMor Partners…
Read MoreJust last week we wrote of a Minnesota funeral director who had taken the time, effort, and expense to customize a casket to look like a school bus for one of the beloved citizens of his community. That person, who drove a school bus in the small community for 55 years, recently died and his…
Read MoreI was looking for material for an idea for a daily blog post the other day and noticed a headline from a publication called The Vermont Cynic. The headline read “Comedians talk death and perform live”. Interesting and witty with their headline I dug into reading the article which you can read here. As I…
Read MoreI came across an interesting article the other day from The Pantagraph of Bloomington, Illinois. The article, that you can read here, simply relates to an 1893 funeral bill that was donated to the McLean County Museum of History. It’s interesting to look at the billing statement which is illustrated in the article and see…
Read MoreSimply because this is happening in real time we thought we would link our readers to an article that appeared in the Epoch Times yesterday relating to an interview with a funeral director in Wuhan, China, and the work he has been doing, because of the coronavirus, over the past week. A Mr. Yun is…
Read MoreJust yesterday Funeral Director Daily featured an article about staying positive about changes that come within the industry. We wrote about changes in funeral service over the last 150 years and how figuring out how you can enhance your service with those changes is what keeps funeral homes relevant to death care consumers. Today, we…
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