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Improve your death care business by always learning more

By Funeral Director Daily / August 24, 2021 /

If you have followed my articles for any length of time you know that I enjoy business and the many facets that enter into being a profitable company.  I like to think I know the funeral home business pretty well as I operated my own funeral home for 33 years creating budgets that lead to…

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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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Meet America’s seventh generation funeral firm, NextGen leadership survey

By Funeral Director Daily / August 16, 2021 /

President James Monroe was one of the founding father’s of American history and from 1817 to 1825 he served as the country’s 5th President.  It was during his presidency that David Ross began building coffins in the Shanksville, Pennsylvania, area.  The legacy of that business, the Deaner Funeral Home recently celebrated its 200th year of…

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This isn’t your mother’s funeral home

By Funeral Director Daily / August 12, 2021 /

Tonight (August 12), according to this article from MarketWatch, if you happen to be in Manhattan you can stop by the historic Frank E. Campbell Funeral Home, take a seat inside, and enjoy a night of comedy.  The article states that four comedians are ready to “play the room” where services for diplomats, socialites, and…

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Foundation Partners enters Las Vegas market

By Funeral Director Daily / August 10, 2021 /

It was announced in this press release that Foundation Partners Group, the Orlando, Florida, based funeral home and cemetery consolidator and operator, has acquired Kraft Sussman Funeral & Cremation Services of Las Vegas, Nevada.  The press release notes that this is Foundation Partners Group’s (FPG) first acquisition in Nevada. . . .the state with America’s…

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Death Tech — will new technologies move forward

By Funeral Director Daily / August 2, 2021 /

Want to deliver the audio at your own funeral with a text written after your death by your pastor or other spokesman?  Evidently, voice synthesizing technology can now make that happen. . . . a written text will mimic  your own voice, even after death giving you the opportunity to deliver your own funeral sermon.…

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SCI sees 2Q 2021 Revenue per Service jump over $600 per case

By Funeral Director Daily / July 30, 2021 /

Earlier this week the largest funeral home and cemetery operator in North America, Service Corporation International (SCI), revealed their results for the 2nd Quarter of 2021.  It was a much anticipated report as it would mark a comparison with the 2nd Quarter of 2020 when the Covid-19 pandemic was flourishing and funeral homes and cemeteries…

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Hospice provider to give “assistance with funeral arrangements”

By Funeral Director Daily / July 21, 2021 /

I’ve been on this bandwagon a long time and I can see it coming down the road.  The bandwagon I’m talking about is “hospice providers becoming part of the death care profession”. In this article from Hospice News you can read about hospice provider Compassus beginning a pilot progam to, among other things, “assist with…

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The regulatory environment for 2021

By Funeral Director Daily / July 19, 2021 /

It’s not all that common but it does happen in the death care profession from time to time.  The “it” I’m talking about is regulatory infractions that can cause a funeral home or other other death care business, such as a crematory, to be shut down for some period of time. When it does happen…

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Spotting trends. . . and wondering will they affect funeral service?

By Funeral Director Daily / July 9, 2021 /

Editor’s Note:  I apologize for the tardiness of this article today.  This post was scheduled to go out as usual at 4 am Eastern Time, but for some reason, technology failed us.  Enjoy some thoughts to think about as we move into the weekend. My first trip to Europe in 1991 reminds me that I’m…

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