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Worcester, Massachusetts, funeral director Peter Stefan, age 85 died this week. Stefan made a name for himself, not as a businessman, but as a man and funeral director, of compassion. Even in a profession which exudes compassion among its workers, Stefan stood out to his peers. Stephen Teasdale, the Executive Director of Worcester’s Main South…
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Over the weekend I conflated two situations and tried to make the argument that one situation could actually help the other. What happened is that I have noticed that almost all funeral homes of a larger case volume seem to be short professional staff. And, it’s not just in the United States — InvoCare in…
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Once again I’ve had some things pile up on my desk that I feel are important for readers to have available to them, but I just cannot fit them into feature articles. Included in this batch of linked features are information on the NFDA’s Emerging Leaders program, NFDA podcasts, information on the Cremation Association of…
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Australia’s largest provider of death care services, InvoCare, issued a statement on their 2021 Year End results last week. In that statement they announced that they had returned to profitability with an after-tax profit of AUS $ 80.2 million (US$ 57.2 million) after going through the drastic Australian lock-down year of 2020 with a loss…
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If you have been on the front lines of funeral service for any time period you probably have some of the same thoughts that I do. When I would serve a family there was period of about 7 days from my first connection to the family after the death through a few days after the…
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Sometimes timing is everything. On Tuesday and Wednesday we featured articles about “Employment” in the death care industry. We know, thru the data we receive, that they were well received and well read by our followers. It just so happens that we received more information on employment issues from our friends at J3 Tech Solutions. …
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Recently Service Corporation International (SCI) reported on their 2021 financial results. As is customary, SCI’s top officers then took part in a discussion with financial services analysts on the results and other thoughts as how they relate to the company moving forward. You can see a transcript of that discussion here. What we have done…
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Writing this blog I hear from all kinds of people. Lately I’ve heard from funeral home owners/employers who tell me it is difficult to find qualified funeral directors to work for them in this day and age. I also hear from employed funeral directors who are down on the profession, or simply their current owner,…
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There is no doubt that the Covid-19 pandemic has greatly influenced and impacted the death care industry over the past two years. In general, there has been more deaths and less public services of such deaths. One might argue, especially in larger markets, that the increased number of deaths has more than made up in…
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I wanted to make sure that my last post of the year was a Thank You to the many readers and sponsors of Funeral Director Daily. This venture started five years ago as a periodic article to relate my experiences as a funeral director and, hopefully, relate those experiences to mentor others in the profession. …
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