funeral care

The dilemma facing rural funeral homes

By Funeral Director Daily / February 26, 2024 /

      The University of Michigan, and their Center for Sustainable Systems Fact Sheet states, “It is estimated that 83% of the U.S. population lives in urban areas, up from 64% in 1950. By 2050, 89% of the U.S. population and 68% of the world population is projected to live in urban areas.”  …

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Loans are getting tougher for small business

By Funeral Director Daily / December 6, 2023 /

    You’ve probably heard it said before, “The only businesses that can get loans are those that don’t need them“.   There’s probably some truth to that statement because if you really need a loan for your business to function, your lender might worry about the cash-flow you generate and the ability to pay…

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The Trust Factor

By Funeral Director Daily / September 29, 2023 /

  Over my years as a funeral director the confidentiality that I kept for my client families was always paramount in my mind.  Being a funeral director in a small community just led itself to the fact that “people would ask me questions”.  Those questions included things like “How did he die?” or in cases…

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This reminds me of the funerals that I used to see

By Funeral Director Daily / March 21, 2023 /

      This article that was first published in the Los Angeles Times begins “It was standing-room only in the cavernous Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, where the funeral Mass for Bishop David G. O’Connell was held Friday morning. And it seemed every one of the 3,000 mourners in attendance had a…

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Funeral Director to be honored for role in 1972 Rapid City flood

By Funeral Director Daily / October 19, 2022 /

In the 50th Anniversary year of the 1972 Rapid City Flood, funeral director Ozzie Osheim will be awarded, on October 21,  the Monsignor O’Connell Founders Award of the Catholic Social Services for his humanitarian role helping to care for the 238 who died in the then community of 40,000 people. The Rapid City Flood, according…

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NFDA puts blitz on Baltimore

By Funeral Director Daily / July 5, 2022 /

I recently received an e-mail from the National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) informing me of the NFDA International Convention and Expo that will be taking place in Baltimore, Maryland, from October 9-12, 2022.  After two years of having to worry about Covid, I figured it is time to get it on my calendar and be…

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International acquisitions – Propel adds Kiwi firms, Ontario firm happy after one year

By Funeral Director Daily / November 16, 2020 /

We learned last week that Propel Funeral Partners that operates out of Australia and New Zealand had purchased the Dils Group which has locations in New Zealand and Australia.  The Dils Group is said to have performed about 800 services last year and brought in revenue of about US $ 4.96 million. You can see…

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Funeral Directors: Know that you are appreciated

By Funeral Director Daily / October 14, 2020 /

For almost 35 years I went about doing my job as an owner/operator of a mortuary.  I answered calls, I did some embalmings, I met with families, and I conducted thousands of funerals.  I know that by my nature that I am a “people pleaser” and I always strived to please everyone whom I was…

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Foundation Partners adds to California presence

By Funeral Director Daily / August 11, 2020 /

Funeral Director Daily received word last week that Foundation Partners Group, the Orlando based operator of funeral homes, cremation centers, and cemeteries, has acquired the Bermudez Family Cremations and Funerals operation in Monterey, California. That acquisition expands the Foundation partners network in California to eight locations. Here’s what Foundation Partners Group CEO Bob Bukala had…

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The Power of Long-Range Planning

By Funeral Director Daily / July 29, 2020 /

On Sunday morning my wife, Angie, and I were talking over the ramifications of what Congress may do in its balancing act to keep the economic security of the United States in tact as the pandemic rages on.  We were discussing the additional $600 weekly unemployment payment per furloughed or unemployed worker and the long…

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