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Better Place Forests. . . a new wave of memorialization

By Funeral Director Daily / June 28, 2019 /

It seems like this medium is many times writing about the need for more permanent memorialization options to be available for our death care consumers. It also seems like we spend a lot of time writing about new start-ups in the death care profession that are hoping to catch the new wave of consumer thinking. …

Presidential visit pays off for livery company

By Funeral Director Daily / June 6, 2019 /

This article from a European publication indicates that the recent visit to Ireland by President Donald Trump and his contingent paid off handsomely for an Irish based livery company. It is estimated that the Irish livery company JP Ward & Sons will receive close to $1 million during the Presidential trip that includes the D-Day…

Past Lives Matter

By Funeral Director Daily / June 5, 2019 /

“Past Lives Matter” is but one of dozens of signs that were placed in the Rest Haven Cemetery in Avon, Ohio, this past weekend. You can read about and see a news video here of the issues with that cemetery that have family members of people buried there upset. The cause that is upsetting relatives…

Snakes on a plane. . . .and in a cemetery

By Funeral Director Daily / May 30, 2019 /

We bring you this article and video about the Charles Baber Cemetery in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. We bring it to you simply because it is so unusual. The article is about an 8-foot, non-venomous black snake that has apparently taken up residence in the cemetery. It appears to live in some of the walls of the…

President Trump visits Arlington National Cemetery

By Funeral Director Daily / May 24, 2019 /

On Thursday, and in advance of Memorial Day, President and Mrs. Trump visited the hallowed land of Arlington National Cemetery. You can read an article about the visit here. The visit was held ahead of the traditional Memorial Day visit as today (Friday) the President will be leaving for Japan on our country’s business. Arlington…

The Battle for Talent

By Funeral Director Daily / May 24, 2019 /

Maybe we really are aging a little. It seems like just yesterday that we were talking about the Millennials — that group of beings born between 1981 and 1996 – coming into the workforce and how we were prepared to deal with their age based culture. That group is now aged between the mid 20’s…

Ok. . .Goat yoga. . .that is something new to me

By Funeral Director Daily / May 23, 2019 /

I understand that the cost of labor can rise and get prohibitively high. It is for that reason that creative managers look for ways to lower their costs of doing business. Funeral Director Daily did an article last year about the Laura Grove North Cemetery in Savannah, Georgia, that was doing a pilot program for…

Park Lawn reports 1Q 2019

By Funeral Director Daily / May 17, 2019 /

It will come as no secret to anybody that Canadian funeral home and cemetery operator Park Lawn Corporation increased their revenue in the First Quarter of 2019 over that of the same period in 2018. Due to the number, size, and scope of their acquisition activity it was not a matter of increasing revenue, it…

Dignity Plc reports fewer services, lower profits

By Funeral Director Daily / May 16, 2019 /

Great Britain’s leading purveyor of death care services reported that for the first 13 weeks of 2019 that they have had fewer services and lower profits than the first quarter of 2018. In a statement very similar to first quarter United States public death care companies, Service Corporation International and Carriage Services, Dignity Plc said…

No funeral for Doris Day. . . .a sign of the times

By Funeral Director Daily / May 16, 2019 /

One of Hollywood’s biggest stars of the 50’s and 60’s died on Monday. Actress and recording star Doris Day died from complications of pneumonia. She was 97. According to an article that you can read here, Day will have no funeral, no memorial, and no grave marker. Day was brought up in the Catholic faith…

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