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As we move into the weekend of this strange world we seem to be living in now, I could find any of 50 articles that tell how funeral directors need to be up to the challenge or how funeral homes may suffer financial hits because of the lack of “gatherings” that are allowed to take…
Read MoreUnlike many of you who are a lot younger than I am, I no longer am responsible for working day after day and am no longer responsible for making the everyday decisions of businesses that I was in charge of in the past. What that really means right now is that while I salute you…
Read MoreThose of us who have watched the markets over the last few weeks have seen a deterioration in the value of our private investment portfolios. What has happened in the broader market is also indicative of what has happened in the death care industry with the exception of StoneMor, Inc. and its stock and valuation.…
Read MoreA byline out of Salem, Ohio, in the Morning Journal announced the opening of a new funeral home in Salem by Higgins-Reardon Funeral Home and Cremation Services. According to that article that you can read here, the company purchased an old bank building, that was originally built as a Friendly’s restaurant, and has remodeled it…
Read MoreWe reported back in February on Carriage Services’ 2019 4th Quarter and their 2019 year end report. We told you at that time we would be listening for their Earnings Call and would eventually report on that as well. You can access the entire earnings call from this web page. Here are some interesting comments…
Read MoreA couple of things have happened in the last week that made me wonder about the state of employment in the funeral director world. In the past week I just happened to meet a gentleman, whom I’m guessing is in his early 30’s. Sitting next to this gentleman at a coffee shop I learned that…
Read MoreLast November we brought you this article which told of a trend setting funeral establishment in London created by restauranteer Oliver Peyton, branded “Exit Here”. It comes from an idea that Peyton had to provide more choice and fashion to death care arrangements in a rapidly increasing secularized Great Britain. Today we bring you another…
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