death care
In the thirty-five years that I spent as a working funeral director and funeral home owner I learned to truly comprehend the responsibilities that had been given to me by the families that I served and how they truly relied on my guidance to plan and carry out the memorialization wishes that they had for…
Read MoreAssurant reported their 2nd Quarter results last week. You can read their report here. The worldwide conglomerate operating in the insurance and warranty business has one of its three business segments that operates in what they call “Global Preneed”. That is the part of the company that we at Funeral Director Daily like to review.…
Read MoreIn looking for material for a column today I came across articles on funeral home/cemetery zoning issues. What peaked my interest was the idea that death care businesses could be on differing sides of zoning debates. I find that somewhat interesting. The first article that you can read here is an issue that we have…
Read MoreIn a news release provided by Park Lawn Corporation that you can read here, the company announced on July 5, 2018, that they are purchasing the Hanson Arbor Funeral Chapels in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia. The purchase will bring four funeral homes and a crematorium into the Park Lawn family. The release also…
Read MoreLast week cemetery and funeral home consolidator StoneMor Partners issued press releases regarding their company. In essence the releases shared the following information: Release of Preliminary Unaudited 2017 Full Year Financials The appointment of a new CEO for the company, Mr. Joe Redling The establishment of a committee to look into the possibility of changing…
Read MoreCarriage Services, a publicly owned death care provider that according to its web-site owns and operates 178 funeral homes in 29 states and 32 cemeteries in 11 states, announced last week that they have closed a Senior Notes Offering and entered into a new Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility. You can read the company’s…
Read MoreLast week, public company Security National Financial Corporation reported the results of their First Quarter of 2018. In the press release that you can read here they report that two of their three operating segments had increases in sales and profits on a year over year basis. As you may recall, Security National Financial Corporation…
Read MoreAfter the close of business on Tuesday, May 15, Canadian death care consolidator Park Lawn Corporation reported their First Quarter results for 2018. You can see a copy of their Press Release here. Park Lawn reported revenues of $27,206,240 for the quarter compared to revenues of $18,802,424 for the same period of a year…
Read MoreI am still thinking of Monday’s feature where I commented on the numbers, or lack thereof, that seem to be entering the funeral service profession. One of the reasons that I indicated why I believe what is causing that number is that young people just don’t get the exposure to what funeral directors do because…
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