death care

A historic tragedy where the funeral profession stepped up again

By Funeral Director Daily / June 9, 2022 /

It was 85 years ago this past March when “funeral directors from across East Texas showed up. Dallas dispatched 25 doctors, 100 nurses, and 25 embalmers” to the small Texas oil boom community of New London.   After the tragedy and according to this article , “morticians embalmed more than 200 bodies in the Overton American…

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Embalmers are heroes too

By Funeral Director Daily / June 8, 2022 /

On May 24, twenty-one people lost their lives to the latest American school shooting.  Those twenty-one have been, or will be, laid to rest as their families choose and desire.  A lot of people help out in the grief process and they are all appreciated. I couldn’t help but think when I read this article…

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Two thoughts on the changing face of funeral service

By Funeral Director Daily / June 7, 2022 /

Over the last couple of weeks I have read a couple of articles that seem to indicate a path that death care is going — at least as some people see it.  The first article which you can read here is a public relations piece from the United Kingdom and is titled, “Cultural shifts and…

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GoFundMe tailors its format for funeral/memorial asks

By Funeral Director Daily / June 6, 2022 /

It’s another way I see that the death care world has changed since I left the active profession in 2013.  That’s only nine years ago but even how funeral and memorial services are paid for has changed.  In my day families came in to the arrangement conference and almost all services were financed by savings,…

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Canadian Direct Cremation provider to expand

By Funeral Director Daily / June 3, 2022 /

We learned in this article from Saltwire that Toronto, Ontario, based direct cremation provider Eirene is set to expand their services to the province of Nova Scotia. In business for two years in Ontario the provider offers a cremation package that includes death certificates, transportation, and estate administration support in addition to the removal of…

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“Decision Fatigue”. . . do you put your client families through it

By Funeral Director Daily / June 1, 2022 /

Saturday was going to be a busy day of working in the yard for me.  So, after my morning bike ride I showered up and told Angie I’m going to McDonalds for some breakfast and a chance to sit down and read the newspaper before I got down to doing that work. As like so…

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Security National’s 1st Quarter — Memorial segment has revenue rise, but earnings decrease

By Funeral Director Daily / May 31, 2022 /

Security National Financial Corporation (SNFC), the Utah based company that has three separate business segments including those that operate in the retail mortuary and cemetery space, the preneed insurance space, and is also the parent company of C & J Financial, had very mixed results in the 1st Quarter of 2022 as seen in their…

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Memorial Day 2022. . . Remembering the “Candy Bomber”

By Funeral Director Daily / May 30, 2022 /

Memorial Day where I grew up and continue to live, Alexandria, Minnesota, is the un-official start of the summer.  My community is surrounded by lakes and Summer is special. . . . all of the seasonal residents move to town and the community is also filled with tourists through Labor Day.  Golf and boating season…

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The Heart of America

By Funeral Director Daily / May 27, 2022 /

We are coming up on Memorial Day weekend.  For me it is always a time for reflection on the good that America has done over the years on the world stage and a time to honor and respect those that were willing to put their lives on the line for others.  That duty has always…

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StoneMor agrees to Axar Capital Management buyout

By Funeral Director Daily / May 26, 2022 /

In a press release issued at the beginning of business yesterday, Wednesday May 25, StoneMor Inc. announced that the company had agreed to a “definitive merger agreement under which a subsidiary of Axar Capital Management, LP (“Axar”) will be merged with and into StoneMor and all outstanding shares of StoneMor common stock not owned by…

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