death care
My father died 43 years ago. I was a teenager. He was 58 years old and a prominent business man in his small community. I have no photos of the large event that was his visitation and funeral. I’ve got a newspaper article and two images inside my head. . . one image is that…
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As we head into the week before the Christmas Holiday I reprise my role as a guest of hosts Jeff Harbeson and Ryan Thogmartin on their Funeral Nation program. . . this time Episode #210. The hosts have me back quarterly to discuss death care companies in the public stock markets. . . where I…
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Probably more so than I can ever remember, funeral directors, funeral homes, and the North American funeral is being written about in 2020. And, in general, the topics seem to be all related to the COVID-19 pandemic. It seems to me that the topics are funeral homes being extremely busy, families dealing with death without…
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“Where have you gone Joe DiMaggio”. Those were the lyrics of the Simon and Garfunkel song “Mrs. Robinson” released in 1968. The country was in the summer of a presidential election and was mired in a controversial war in Viet Nam at the time. The lyrics harkened back to a simple time in America. I…
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In today’s Afternoon Edition of Funeral Director Daily you will find that most of our linked stories deal with funeral homes and their handling of the COVID-19 situation. We are also taking today to catch up with some items that you should be aware of in terms of PPE procurement, a webinar brought to us…
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I’ll tell you right away that this is one of those articles I write that you probably won’t get any answers from. As a matter of fact, I hope you go away from today’s article asking questions and thinking about the future. It’s the kind of article that I like writing, though . . .…
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Funeral directors are interesting creatures. We live to serve. . . . that doesn’t happen in every profession. I told my wife the other day as we live in this pandemic world every body seems to have all the answers. Politicians are acting as scientists, scientists are acting like politicians, parents know more than the…
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Today’s Funeral Director Daily “Get to Know Them” feature introduces our readers to Nicki Mikolai. Nicki graduated from my alma mater – the University of Minnesota – and has performed an extensive array of work in the death care profession. She is a licensed funeral director and had worked for the Minnesota Lions Eye Bank…
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Earlier this week Foundation Partners Group, the Orlando based funeral home, crematory, and cemetery operator announced that it had purchased a company that operated three locations in Southwest Florida. You can read the press release on the acquisition here. Foundation Partners Group announced that it had acquired the Akin-Davis Funeral Homes. They also announced that…
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So many times when I’m writing a an article I find something in that article that jogs my mind about another aspect of funeral service, or business, or life in general. In yesterday’s article I mentioned “Top of Mind Awareness” as something that your business or your brand wants your potential customers to have. I…
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