funeral business

Massachusetts Chapel and Cemetery receives architecture award

By Funeral Director Daily / June 19, 2023 /

    The Bigelow Chapel at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts, received a 2023 National AIA Interior Architecture Award according to this notice from the Journal of the American Institute of Architects.  The notice (and link) from that publication also allows for the view of photos of the building.   According to that article,…

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Funeral Director Daily’s “Top Read” articles of the past 30 Days

By Funeral Director Daily / June 15, 2023 /

      It is June 15th already and the Summer Solstice is almost upon us.  June 15th meaning it is the middle of the month when Funeral Director Daily recaps our highest read articles over the past 30 days. . . And, Summer Solstice coming up on June 21 when the northern hemisphere sees…

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PlotBox recieves capital investment

By Funeral Director Daily / June 13, 2023 /

      PlotBox, in this recent press release, announces that they have received a US$ 6.2 million capital investment from Guiness Ventures and other existing investors.  The press release states that the company,  “Headquartered in Northern Ireland with offices in the United States and Australia, . . . has grown over the last decade…

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What is “Services” inflation and does it matter for funeral service?

By Funeral Director Daily / June 12, 2023 /

      This week may turn out to be one of the most consequential in recent times as to showing a direction as to how the economy turns going forward.  There seems to be a lot of positive movement in the American economy at this time as just last week the S&P 500 worked…

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Maybe older workers are the answer

By Funeral Director Daily / June 9, 2023 /

    Yesterday’s Funeral Director Daily article centered on the fact that many, especially in the Millennial age group, are seeking what they term a “Work-Life Balance” in their careers and our article pointed out that many who have worked in the funeral profession find that balance lacking in their lives.  As was mentioned yesterday,…

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Lack of Work-Life Balance may cause headaches at the funeral home

By Funeral Director Daily / June 8, 2023 /

    Last week we wrote an article that you can read here that highlighted the record number of students currenty enrolled in mortuary schools across the country.  That article certainly makes it look like we will have a number of graduates to replace those retiring funeral directors as the years go by.   However,…

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What is a small business loan??

By Funeral Director Daily / June 7, 2023 /

    If you are in business, or want to be, you need to know more than the basics of finance.  There are all kinds of ways to raise money which includes bank loans.  Today our friends from Live Oak Bank take over the editorial duties at Funeral Director Daily and tell us the difference…

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Opioid deaths, yes. . . what about traffic fatalities?

By Funeral Director Daily / June 5, 2023 /

      I worked my time for over 30 years as a funeral director in a community located along the interstate highway system.  That vast amount of traffic passing by us unfortunately led to a few incidents of multiple fatalities that were directed to our funeral home for help in removal and trade services.…

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Is time up for the Undertaker?

By Funeral Director Daily / June 2, 2023 /

    That headline, “Is time up for the Undertaker”, is the headline from this press release issued earlier in May on behalf of Great Britain’s direct cremation provider Pure Cremation.   Pure Cremation recently conducted what they call “The Big Future of Funerals Survey” and, according to their conclusions, it points to the fact…

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A Renaissance for cemeteries?

By Funeral Director Daily / June 1, 2023 /

    I was out at our hometown non-denominational cemetery, Kinkead Cemetery, on Memorial Day.  It’s the large cemetery on the north end of our community where I ride my bike through on Summer Saturday mornings.  It was named after Alexander and William Kinkead, the founders of our city, Alexandria.   I went out there…

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