cremations
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Read MoreFor the 30+ years that I operated our family owned funeral home I had to deal with a maximum of about 17 employees or teammates at work at any given time. You got to know all of them real well and as the manager of a small firm you really understood what was happening under…
Read MorePark Lawn Corporation (PLC), the Toronto based consolidator and operator of funeral homes and cemeteries reported their financial results for the 2nd Quarter of 2019, the period that ended June 30, 2019, yesterday. You can see a short synopsis of the results in this press release. Park Lawn’s CEO Andrew Clark is quoted in the…
Read MoreI noticed yesterday when I drove past the local fairgrounds that everything was getting set up for our county fair. I then realized, wow, it is the middle of August and fair time already. For many of us in the upper midwest fair time signifies harvest and the start of another school year just around…
Read MoreWhile the event that led to the offer is certainly something that no city anywhere should have to go through, we have learned today in this media release that many funeral homes in El Paso, Texas, will offer free services to those killed in the mass shooting attack in that city on Saturday. As of…
Read MoreThe state of Colorado is in the news often these days. Demographers tell us that in many ways it appears to be a bellwether of things to come in the United States. It is growing by leaps and bounds, the diversity of the people is rapidly expanding to resemble what America’s diverse population will eventually…
Read MoreWhile I was researching for articles for today’s post it just hit me as I looked at the articles and I realized that just about everyday some funeral director is written up in their local newspaper because what they have meant to their community. Most of us are happy to be in the background just…
Read MoreIt’s a proven point that if you want to build a successful business and follow the American dream of making a lot of money, you need to deliver on and provide, at the right price, what the consumer public wants. I was fortunate enough about six years ago to listen to a friend of mine…
Read MoreIt is always interesting to see what is happening in the death care profession around the world. We recently came across this article from the Connexion with news from France that indicates the growing trend of cremation is also occurring in that country. According to that article 63% of the people asked in 2018 said…
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