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Jack Mitchell’s great-great-great uncle started the Mitchell Wiedefeld Funeral Home in Baltimore in 1837. According to an article and news report from WBAL- TV that you can read and see here, it is one of the oldest funeral homes in Baltimore and has a rich history. Mitchell is quoted in the article when he says,…
Read MoreA lot happened in the death care industry this week. Here some links to stories that we were not able to tell you about: A California fire department being called out for a fire in a crematory. Read here. A community meeting in Chicago after gunfire breaks out at a funeral. Read…
Read MoreI decided that now that I have a world-wide audience of some number, today would be a good day for me to play Chamber of Commerce representative from my hometown of Alexandria, Minnesota. To most Americans we celebrate this Monday as Christopher Columbus Day — celebrating the discovery of the North American continent from when…
Read MoreEarlier today I found this article from CNN that talks about the gun violence in Chicago and relates it to the good people at the Leak and Sons Funeral Home and how it affects their lives. Leak and Sons is operated by 81-year old Spencer Leak, Sr. and the gun violence in the city is…
Read MoreAccording to this article in the Minneapolis Star Tribune , in a ruling made public on Wednesday, a judge upheld a citation by the Minnesota Department of Health that fined a Minnesota funeral home $5000 for, among other things, storing crates of applesauce in the funeral home’s preparation room. Again, according to the newspaper, a…
Read MoreSo, I’ve been around funerals for 55 years. My earliest recollection of a “funeral” goes back to when I was five years old and my parents and older brother went to Grandma’s “funeral” and I stayed home with a sitter. To this day I can remember thinking “What is a funeral?” and “Why am I…
Read MoreWe will finish out the week letting you know some of the things that happened over the week without much editorial comment. Have a great weekend and for those of our readers in the United States. . .Happy Labor Day on Monday!! Special Hearse for Aretha Franklin. Click here to see a photo of the…
Read MoreJust yesterday Gainsboro Capital did a nice review on Service Corporation International and its operations and financial performance. They published the article on Seeking Alpha and you can see it here. [wpforms id=”436″ title=”true” description=”true”]
Read MoreSo, one of the great things of growing older and living for six decades is that you gain perspective. I started to think of that over the weekend when I both celebrated an anniversary and learned of the news of Sen. John McCain’s death and the funeral arrangements for singer Aretha Franklin. Angie and I…
Read MoreEarlier this week public funeral home consolidator and operating company Carriage Services announced the acquisition of the Presley Funeral Home in Cookeville, Tennessee. You can see the company press release here. According to the release, Presley Funeral Home owner Bryant Presley will continue employment as the Managing Partner of the firm. Presley said, “My family…
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