funeral changes
Over the last couple of weeks I have read a couple of articles that seem to indicate a path that death care is going — at least as some people see it. The first article which you can read here is a public relations piece from the United Kingdom and is titled, “Cultural shifts and…
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I’m always on the look out for whatever I can find that puts me at the front edge of “change” in the death care profession. Change in our profession used to happen pretty slow. . . . from home visitations to funeral homes, from wood caskets to metal caskets, to the slow methodical march of…
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Want to deliver the audio at your own funeral with a text written after your death by your pastor or other spokesman? Evidently, voice synthesizing technology can now make that happen. . . . a written text will mimic your own voice, even after death giving you the opportunity to deliver your own funeral sermon.…
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The first thing I will comment on is that if you look at the image I have put on this article, it should come with a question mark at the end. If you have followed my writings for any length of time you know that I like to try to spot trends and then hypothesize…
Read MoreThere is no doubt that COVID-19 and the rules around social distancing are causing funeral homes and cemeteries to do the tasks required of them differently. Today we share some of those subtleties and not so subtle aspects from Australia and America’s west coast funeral homes. We also have a story on how the disease…
Read MoreAn interesting article came out this past weekend from the Metrowest Daily News of suburban Boston. The article, that you can read here, dealt with the changes in funeral service over time for some of the long established funeral homes west of Boston in Worcester, Massachusetts. Some of the funeral homes questioned for the article…
Read MoreWe all know that over the long-term, such as the past 40 years between 1980 and now, change has occurred in the death care industry mainly by the advent of the almost universal acceptance of cremation. Most funeral homes have been able to weather that storm by offering services for both types of choices in…
Read MoreI read a tear jerker article yesterday in the Minneapolis Tribune that you can read here. The article deals with the July 6 death of a 6 year old Iowa boy and how his parents are using his wishes from speaking candidly with him about what he would want for his funeral and burial preferences.…
Read MoreYesterday we brought you information about Pure Cremation, the United Kingdom company thriving with its niche business of simply cremating the deceased at a low price and offering no services. Today, we bring you this article from the Amarillo Globe-News. The article introduces you to Lighthouse Funeral and Cremation Services. Lighthouse is the brainchild of…
Read MoreWe have talked about it here before — how the American death care business is changing. It all has to do with the changing culture of the American populous. Not much has changed in what is accepted in America at the time of death — for the past forty years we have accepted burial, funerals,…
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