funeral home acquisitions
We will finish out the week letting you know some of the things that happened over the week without much editorial comment. Have a great weekend and for those of our readers in the United States. . .Happy Labor Day on Monday!! Special Hearse for Aretha Franklin. Click here to see a photo of the…
I noticed a couple of articles in the last couple of days about ownership at single proprietor funeral homes that are changing hands. What struck me about the articles is that as you go through living your life, you really need to be ready to answer the door when an opportunity knocks. The first article…
Last week Carriage Services, a funeral service public company based in Houston, Texas, announced that they had acquired two funeral homes in the State of Virginia. You can read the press release here. The release announces the acquisition of the Covenant Funeral Homes in Fredericksburg and Stafford, Virginia. The release goes on to say that…
According to a release published in the Sarasota Business Observer, funeral professional Robert Toale and his family have joined the Dignity Memorial Network in Sarasota and Manatee Counties of Florida. Again, according to the release, Dignity Memorial now has 2,000 funeral, cremation, and cemetery service providers in its network. You can read the release here.…
In a news release provided by Park Lawn Corporation that you can read here, the company announced on July 5, 2018, that they are purchasing the Hanson Arbor Funeral Chapels in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia. The purchase will bring four funeral homes and a crematorium into the Park Lawn family. The release also…
InvoCare, Australia’s leading national provider of funerals and cremations, announced earlier this week that it will continue to build its regional markets. They did so in the New South Wales/Victorian border area by purchasing the Lester and Son Mortuary. You can read a clip on the acquisition here. The purchase includes two fully equipped funeral…
I was driving into a board meeting on Monday and listening to one of the business channels on Sirius Radio. The topic that came up and was being discussed was the potential acquisition of Fox by either Disney or Comcast. As you may know, Fox was given an acquisition offer by Disney last December at…
Last week the Legacy Funeral Group announced the acquisition of the Charlie Marshall Funeral Homes. The Charlie Marshall Funeral Homes were founded in 1949 and have served the Texas communities of Aransas Pass and Rockport for over 65 years. You can read a press release on the transaction here. According to the press release, the…
At the close of business Monday, May 7, Park Lawn Corporation announced that it had completed its announced purchase of Signature Funeral and Cemetery Investments, LLC (the Signature Group) for approximately US$123 million. You can read the press release from Stockhouse here. According to Park Lawn CEO Andrew Clark, “With the acquisition of Signature Group,…
The Phaneuf Funeral Homes and Crematorium announced last month, according to this article in The Manchester Link, that they had purchased the Ker Westerlund Funeral Home which has served the Brattleboro, Vermont, area for more than 150 years. The Phaneuf family of operations also includes the Cremation Society of New Hampshire and this location will…
