Monday Morning “Snip-Its”

As has become our custom we use Monday mornings for an overview of some of the stories we have seen concerning the death care industry over the last week.  Today is no exception and we have linkable articles on topics ranging from a funeral home that was closed down to a Japanese company’s idea to use “robot” Buddhist priest to cut down on costs to a short video put out by some who believe that they have alternatives to what they term “The Wasteful, Eco-Unfriendly Modern Burial” and more.  All of these articles are short and carry some interest for death care professionals.

 

  • This article deals with a Jackson County, Indiana funeral home which has had its license “non-issued” because of a delay in renewing the license at the end of 2016.  There are some other issues that came up during the process and the funeral home has a hearing scheduled with the State Board of Funeral and Cemetery Services.  However, in the meantime the closure and publicity sure is not good for the company.

 

  • The Dayton Daily News ran a story on Chris Bussler.  Mr. Bussler joined the Marine Reserves right out of high school and has served three tours of action and now has retired with permanent disabilities.  Mr. Bussler is a U.S. Postal worker but on the battlefield during his deployments he served as a non-commissioned officer in charge of Mortuary Affairs.  He has written book on his experiences.

 

  • A new code update to Softbanks’s humanoid robot, Pepper, allows the robot to chant Buddhist sutras while beating a drum.  The robot was unveiled last week at the Life Ending Industry Expo in Tokyo.  Inventors hope that the robot can be used and can save consumers costs over the hiring of a live Buddhist monk.  You can read about it in Silicon Beat.

 

  • An interesting article on how people can evolve into funeral professionals was written about Ms. Jo Place in the Huffington Post Australia recently.  As a 17 year old Ms. Place needed a job and answered an ad for administration in Australia.  That position led to her learning to become an embalmer by age 21 and now about 25 years later she manages over 500 employees as a manager for Australian funeral giant InvoCare.  This is a very good article on how people can find – as she says – their “vocation”  in funeral service.

 

  • Finally, I watched a short video put out by Mr. Mark Harris of “Grave Matters”.  Mr. Harris thinks it is time to stop burying bodies and find more eco-friendly ways to dispose of human remains.  Some of Mr. Harris’ claims are hard to take — such as saying the wood in caskets in a 10-acre cemetery is enough to build 40 homes.  However, this is a good video to watch just to understand that there are people out there – possibly with very little grief knowledge – that are really trying to upset the apple cart when it comes to funeral service in the United States.[wpforms id=”436″ title=”true” description=”true”]

 

 

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