death care
The last thing I want to do with Funeral Director Daily is get into political sides of issues. And, I will try to once again straddle the line today with this article I entitle “COVID-19 and Cremation. . more cremation. . what could it mean”. I happened to see this article entitled “The COVID-19 Cremation…
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Today we start a new feature with Funeral Director Daily. This feature is entitled, “Funeral Home of the Week”, and is just what it says it is — each week we will present one funeral home in an interview process for others to learn about. It is our hope, as we feature all sizes of…
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Yesterday we published an article dealing with the potential $1 billion value of a consolidated group of companies that serve the death care space. Yet, to my knowledge, not one of these companies deals with the physical aspect of taking care of the deceased human being. I was, and still am, somewhat astonished at that…
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It’s not everyday when someone opens a business and then says they are going to build that business by donating the business’ services. However, that is exactly what James Stephens is saying as the Managing Funeral Director of the new White Pines Funeral Home in Logan, Utah. According to this article from the Herald Journal…
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It was only two years ago that many of us were introduced to a major player in the global private equity industry named Providence Equity Partners. According to this article which appeared on the American Funeral Association blog in December 2018, Providence had made inquiries into many companies in businesses that I will define as…
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As we head into what we hope is a terrific Fall weekend Funeral Director Daily brings you three features as well as other articles on the world of death care. Our features include an article, that you can read here, about the Netherlands and the first person put in a “Mushroom Coffin” last week that…
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Every once in a while I read an article and I think to myself, “Wow, that should never have happened”. However, if I’m honest with myself, I can see how that did happen and usually think about what my mom used to say, “If not for the grace of God, there go I”, because it…
Read MoreToday’s Afternoon Edition will bring you some stories of American counties that are grappling with how to pay for increased requests for financial assistance for families that indicate that they need help in paying minimum cremation costs. We have one story from WFTS in Tampa Bay, Florida, that is very typical in telling that requests…
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Positive public relations can do more good for a business than any amount of advertising money spent. Public relations looks at the “good” in us to do things, not for the profitability aspect, but for the goodness to the community. That’s not to say that “goodness for the community” does not help in reaching those…
Read MoreToday we bring you several news reports, articles, and video pertaining to a crematory in New York state that last week had black smoke billowing from its cremation stack. The funeral home, and its crematory, are located in Tonawanda, New York, and according to some of the articles, this is not the first time that…
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