Stonemor Partners CFO departs.

By Dave Westburg January 23, 2017

TREVOSE, Pa., Jan. 23, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — StoneMor Partners L.P. (NYSE:STON) (“StoneMor” or the “Partnership”) today announced that Sean P. McGrath resigned as Chief Financial Officer of StoneMor GP LLC (“StoneMor GP”), the general partner of the Partnership, to pursue business opportunities outside the deathcare industry. Mr. McGrath will remain in his current role…

StoneMor Partners L.P. Issues $20 million private placement

By Dave Westburg January 3, 2017

TREVOSE, Pa., Jan. 03, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — StoneMor Partners L.P. (NYSE:STON) (“StoneMor” or the “Partnership”) today announced that on December 30, 2016, StoneMor GP Holdings LLC, the sole member and owner of the general partner of the Partnership, acquired 2,332,878 common units representing limited partner interests of the Partnership in a private placement for…

Carriage Services Acquires Rich & Thompson Funeral Services in North Carolina

By Dave Westburg November 15, 2016

HOUSTON, Nov. 15, 2016  Carriage Services, Inc. (NYSE: CSV) is pleased to announce that we have partnered with Rich & Thompson Funeral Services in the Strategic Market of Raleigh/Durham/Greensboro in North Carolina.  Dating back to 1913, the Rich & Thompson name has been a prominent name in funeral service in both Burlington, NC and Graham, NC.…

BUSINESS

Wisconsin acquisition follows “Successful” strategy

By Funeral Director Daily | March 13, 2026

    A quote from a 1987 Los Angeles Times article on the then growing acquisitions of Pierce Brothers Mortuaries goes like this, “In increasing numbers, long-established mortuaries are closing or, more often, selling to…

CANA partners to offer “Deathcare Business Administration Certification”

By Funeral Director Daily | March 11, 2026

To my knowledge there is not an MBA program in Funeral Directing or Death Care to be found anywhere in the United States.  However, through a partnership of Goalmakers and the Cremation Association of North…

Chptr makes moves, promotes televised Death Notices

By Funeral Director Daily | March 10, 2026

  The people at Chptr are not standing still.  In the last couple of weeks they have added Death Care industry veteran Glenn Gould to their team in a position that they term President of…

FINANCE

Wisconsin acquisition follows “Successful” strategy

By Funeral Director Daily | March 13, 2026

    A quote from a 1987 Los Angeles Times article on the then growing acquisitions of Pierce Brothers Mortuaries goes like this, “In increasing numbers, long-established mortuaries are closing or, more often, selling to…

CANA partners to offer “Deathcare Business Administration Certification”

By Funeral Director Daily | March 11, 2026

To my knowledge there is not an MBA program in Funeral Directing or Death Care to be found anywhere in the United States.  However, through a partnership of Goalmakers and the Cremation Association of North…

Carriage Services’ 4th Q25 and Year-End ’25 Earnings Call “Notes and Quotes”

By Funeral Director Daily | March 6, 2026

  Last week funeral home and cemetery operator Carriage Services reported on their 4th Quarter of 2025 and their Year-End of 2025 financial results.  Earlier in the week Funeral Director Daily published this article on…

REGULATIONS

CANA partners to offer “Deathcare Business Administration Certification”

By Funeral Director Daily | March 11, 2026

To my knowledge there is not an MBA program in Funeral Directing or Death Care to be found anywhere in the United States.  However, through a partnership of Goalmakers and the Cremation Association of North…

There has to be another side to this story

By Funeral Director Daily | March 9, 2026

  Late last week Fox 6 TV of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, broke a story pertaining to Death Care that I found to be incredulous.  Here’s the headline, “Milwaukee County funeral home debt; officials move to collect…

Does Natural Organic Reduction (NOR) face religious headwinds?

By Funeral Director Daily | February 26, 2026

  From 2015 to 2021 I served on the University of Minnesota Board of Regents.  That 12-person governing board for the State of Minnesota got to know each other very well.  One of the people…

CEMETERY

There has to be another side to this story

By Funeral Director Daily | March 9, 2026

  Late last week Fox 6 TV of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, broke a story pertaining to Death Care that I found to be incredulous.  Here’s the headline, “Milwaukee County funeral home debt; officials move to collect…

Natural Organic Reduction to be done on the East Coast

By Funeral Director Daily | February 19, 2026

  Green-Wood Cemetery, the venerable and historic cemetery in New York City announced last week a plan to become the first facility on America’s East Coast that will offer Natural Organic Reduction (NOR) or Terramation…

VA Cemeteries set new record for “Customer Satisfaction”

By Funeral Director Daily | February 18, 2026

    Funeral directors should feel good about their role in helping the “The Department of Veterans Affairs’ National Cemetery Administration earn the highest customer satisfaction score ever achieved by any public or private organization measured…

CREMATION

Private Equity company Epiris to sell a “Structured Minority interest” in Pure Cremation

By Funeral Director Daily | February 12, 2026

  I’ve watched the growth of direct cremation provider and preneed cremation business Pure Cremation from a start-up to, in my opinion, the most profitable investment in Death Care over the past decade.  According to…

Will the large-scale use of Hydrogen-powered cremation come into play?

By Funeral Director Daily | February 11, 2026

    One of the positive things of living during the winter months in a Florida golf community is that I get to meet and play golf with lots of new people with greatly differing…

Veterans’ Affairs recently grants $77 million to state-operated veteran cemeteries

By Funeral Director Daily | January 22, 2026

    According to this recent article in Newsweek “The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has awarded more than $77 million in new grants aimed at expanding and improving state-operated Veterans cemeteries.  The funding, announced…

PRENEED

Funeral planning: There seems to be a gap between “Perception and Action”

By Funeral Director Daily | March 12, 2026

    Funeral planning is an interesting topic on an individual basis.  In my opinion, regardless of your age, self-mortality is a thought all human beings have at more than one point in their lives. …

Homesteaders celebrates 120 years, $5 Billion in force

By Funeral Director Daily | February 27, 2026

  In a press release received the other day, Homesteaders Life Company, a national leader in Preneed Death Care funding announced that 2026 marks the 120th year for the company.  The company issued its first…

Is a 10% credit card interest rate ceiling good news for funeral homes? . . . Maybe not

By Funeral Director Daily | January 20, 2026

  Today is January 20.  It is the day that President Trump wanted to institute one of his ideas for making life more “affordable”.  That idea is a 10% cap on interest rates on credit…

PRODUCTS

CANA partners to offer “Deathcare Business Administration Certification”

By Funeral Director Daily | March 11, 2026

To my knowledge there is not an MBA program in Funeral Directing or Death Care to be found anywhere in the United States.  However, through a partnership of Goalmakers and the Cremation Association of North…

Chptr makes moves, promotes televised Death Notices

By Funeral Director Daily | March 10, 2026

  The people at Chptr are not standing still.  In the last couple of weeks they have added Death Care industry veteran Glenn Gould to their team in a position that they term President of…

Sunset publishes “Estate Settlement Report Card”

By Funeral Director Daily | March 4, 2026

    “If you are a funeral director and don’t know about Sunset yet you are probably missing out on a tool that your families would thank you for. . . ”   Last week MarketWatch…