Aftercare

Empathy startup raises an additional $47 million

By Funeral Director Daily / April 16, 2024 /

      In the recent past I served as Board Chairman for a large Senior population health and living company for three years and as Chairman for a smaller home care and hospice company for about five years.  All told, I’ve had over a dozen years of that leadership service in those industries.  …

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A “Renaissance” in perceived value of services?

By Funeral Director Daily / July 5, 2023 /

      I receive the “Memorial Business Journal” from the National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) every week and when I received it a couple of weeks ago I was excited to look at some of the findings from the 2023 NFDA Consumer Awareness and Preference Survey.   I looked at the results somewhat with…

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StoneMor Inc. partners with Empathy. . . .Reports 2nd Quarter financials

By Funeral Director Daily / August 19, 2021 /

StoneMor, Inc. the Pennsylvania based operator of cemeteries and funeral homes last week announced a partnership with end-of-life technology support start-up Empathy.  Empathy is, as they say, powered by technology and driven by purpose in helping grieving families handle countless tasks following the death of a loved one.  The company describes itself as “a service…

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Building Business and Retaining Clients by Adding Services

By Funeral Director Daily / July 24, 2018 /

My wife’s 85 year old father died suddenly last February.  He and his wife had lived in the small – under 3000 person – community that they were both born in for all of his years.  Life in a community like that revolves around community activities that many times are centered around families – not…

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