death care
On October 30, 2023, Batesville issued a press release introducing the “Generations by Batesville” — “a new line of sustainable caskets designed to address the increasing demand for more enviornmentally-friendly products“. You can see the press release here. Of the new line of caskets, Jenn Parvin, SVP and Chief Marketing Officer for…
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There is nothing more American than starting a business small and then growing that business to be much bigger. It’s the way that immigrant families grew their businesses in America starting from before this land was America. Our family’s a perfect example. For some reason my great-grandfather, his wife, and one-year old…
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After a short theatre opening the movie “The Burial” has been available for on-demand viewing on Amazon Prime since October 13. Based somewhat on the 1990’s legal case between defunct Canadian funeral home acquisition company the Loewen Group and a group of death care properties owned by funeral director Jeremiah O’Keefe in Mississippi the…
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Trust is hard to earn. . . .and many times, harder to keep. Any business that promises a service at a later date in return for a payment now comes under scrutiny by almost everyone. However, most businesses that are conducted that way have a horde of government regulations that keep consumers safe.…
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When you get to be my age you have many of your friends’ parents passing away. One of the things I’ve noticed about that is when the 2nd parent dies the family almost always uses the same funeral home that they used for the first death. That’s not surprising — it’s what…
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I live in America which is a representative democracy with the freedom for individuals to attain through education, hard work, creative enterprise, investment, and sometimes just plain luck the ability to gain and collect more resources than others. To that same end, the country offers no guarantee that your work and life will end…
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A recent article in Smart Business Pittsburgh magazine featured the Death Care conglomerate Matthews International. Matthews is known in Death Care from Matthews Memorialization which includes the ability to supply to funeral homes and cemeteries products such as caskets, cremation equipment, and cemetery markers among a host of products. The article, which you can…
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This article from CBS News began with this sentence, “In offices across the country, the sneakers-with-a-suit look is becoming increasingly common. Now, even the hallowed halls of U.S. Congress are embracing the trend.” And, if you go to that article you will find a short CBS video news story about members of the United States…
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Titan Casket isn’t your normal funeral supply company. They are a little edgy and they take their case directly to the consumer, although they have a program for funeral homes to partner with them, too. They aren’t afraid of stepping on a few historical funeral toes. In one way, however, they are not…
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Part of my daily routine is to get a run (or some tell me it is a jog. . . or even a slog) in early in the morning. However, even before I do that I log onto my computer to check to see if Funeral Director Daily was distributed overnight as expected. I…
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