death care

Park Lawn Corp adds to Colorado holdings through acquisition

By Funeral Director Daily / February 22, 2024 /

    A press release dated Tuesday, February 20, 2024, announced that the Park Lawn Corporation had acquired two stand-alone funeral homes and a stand-alone cemetery in the state of Colorado.  You can read the press release here.   Park Lawn Corporation announced that “it has completed the acquisition of substantially all of the assets…

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“The State Government has failed you”

By Funeral Director Daily / February 21, 2024 /

    The “State government has failed you” is the voice to Colorado consumers about the state’s funeral service issues even before the latest potential illegal situation was uncovered in Denver two weeks ago.  The comment came from State Senator Dylan Roberts of Colorado as he is working on putting together legislation aimed at curbing…

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CANA Peer Support tonight. . . and more

By Funeral Director Daily / February 20, 2024 /

    It’s already the 3rd Tuesday of the month when our friends at the Cremation Association of North American (CANA) help to produce the monthly Death Care Peer Support meetings online.  It will happen again tonight at 8 pm Eastern Time/ 7 pm Central Time.   Here’s what CANA says about these meetings: “Join…

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A glimpse into the world of Natural Organic Reduction at Recompose

By Funeral Director Daily / February 20, 2024 /

    Today, I’m going to spare you my writing and editorial viewpoints and just bring you a 6-minute news video put out by Cascade Public Broadcasting.  It’s an excellent story on the growing trend of Natural Organic Reduction or NOR.   I’m very familiar with Katrina Spade and her venture into the world of…

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Carly Simon and SCI: “Nobody does it Better”

By Funeral Director Daily / February 19, 2024 /

    I’m a James Bond movie fan and in 1977 the 10th movie of the series came out. . . “The Spy Who Loved Me” was the 3rd movie of the series to feature Roger Moore as James Bond and it also featured what became a #2 hit on the Billboard charts feature song…

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Funeral company acquires three former SCI firms

By Funeral Director Daily / February 16, 2024 /

    In a press release that we received this week, from the Newbridge Group, we learned that three funeral homes in the state of Maine had been acquired by Family First Funeral Homes & Cremation Care.  The press release also stated, “three funeral homes previously under the ownership of Service Corporation International (SCI) have…

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Trends and Value: What do they say for our future?

By Funeral Director Daily / February 15, 2024 /

    Looking forward at different potential scenarios is never easy to do.  A lot of what we think about the future doesn’t come to pass.  But if you fail to look forward and look at potential happenings it is certain that you will never be a leader. . . you will always be a…

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Here’s another issue that’s bound to grow over time

By Funeral Director Daily / February 14, 2024 /

    American’s attend church less and join churches less than in the past.  Some people believe that is one of many reasons that there seems to be less tradition with funeral services.   Now, according to the website helloprenup.com, among Americans, cohabitating is more common than marriage.  That website states, “According to a Pew…

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CX: “Customer Experience” — How good is yours?

By Funeral Director Daily / February 13, 2024 /

    “Customer Experience”, or “CX” for short.  It’s an extremely important part of your business operation —  whether you know it or not.   Customer Experience is a subjective thought process of how your clients and others — such as shoppers and people who may simply look to your website for obituaries or to…

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Matthews International First Quarter 2024 Earnings Call highlights

By Funeral Director Daily / February 12, 2024 /

  On February 1, 2024, Matthews International reported its 1st Quarter 2024 results.  We reported on that on February 5 with this article.  A day later they had an earnings call with investment advisors and today we bring you some quotes from that call.  You can access the entire transcript of the 1Q 2024 Earnings…

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