death care
Our funeral home will celebrate 150 years of service in 2022. However, we have really only helped families pre-arrange and pre-finance funerals since about 1964 — about 60 years. And, in those early years, it really wasn’t about pre-planning and pre-financing consumer funerals, but about setting up payment options or trusts for those helped through…
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In our continuing desire to keep funeral service professionals up to date on what is happening in the industry, we bring you these sources of information which may be of information to you. Have a great weekend. NFDA “A Brush with Death” podcast series — Podcast #25 brings you the “Class of 2021”. In this…
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One of the things you realize as you get older is that there is a whole new generation of Americans working in your profession and molding that profession in a way that you would have never thought of. Some of that “molding” you may see as good for the profession and some of it you…
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*Guest article written by Alexandra Jo, Culture and Content Manager at Parting Stone. Research shows that across all markets, what today’s consumers find valuable is vastly different than in previous generations. Just like in any other business, understanding consumer trends is an important aspect of planning for your funeral company’s future. Knowing what customers are…
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From time to time over the past couple of years Funeral Director Daily has written articles about the Amigone Funeral Home crematory in Tonawanda, New York. The crematory is part of a funeral home in a residential neighborhood where neighbors have complained for years. Legislation was recently passed in New York that would, when signed…
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“One flat price. $895. No Surprises.” That’s how direct cremation provider Solace describes themselves on their web-site. And now, according to this article in Geekwire, they have some cash behind them to spread that narrative about their company. Geekwire mentioned earlier this month that Solace has closed an oversubscribed funding round of $1.745 million with…
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There is an old song released in April 1981 and sung by Barbara Mandrel entitled, “I was Country when Country wasn’t cool”. I have to admit that when I entered my freshman year of college at Texas Christian University in September of 1976 I started hearing music that resonated with me. . . .Waylon Jennings,…
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Only about ten days removed from announcing the acquisition of a funeral home in northeast Minnesota, Foundation Partners Group made another announcement at the end of last week. The press release goes on to say that Foundation Partners Group, the private equity backed funeral home and cemetery consolidator and operator, has reached an agreement to…
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Hillenbrand Industries, parent company of Batesville Casket Company, announced last week that current CEO Joe A. Raver will be retiring at the end of 2021. The following day, Kimberly K. Ryan will succeed him as CEO of the company. In a press release that you can read here, Hillenbrand Chairperson Joe Loughrey describes Raver, “A…
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Many funeral directors who own funeral homes operate a one roof funeral home. There’s nothing wrong with that — I operated a one roof funeral home for 20 years and, contrary to many people’s beliefs, there was always much to do and profits to be made. But, like me, many of those one roof funeral…
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