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Canadian arbitrator rules tattoos, nose piercing acceptable funeral home employee expression

By Funeral Director Daily / July 15, 2021 /

In a decision that came down in early July 2021 a Canadian arbitrator has ruled against a funeral home and for its two employees in a case involving employees rights to a pierced nose and un-covered tattoos.  You can read the article from Canada’s National Post on the decision here. In essence, the decision by…

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Death Care outpaces Dow, Nasdaq, and S&P for first third of 2021

By Funeral Director Daily / May 5, 2021 /

For the first time that I can remember since I have followed what is termed the Death Care Index (DCI), the DCI for a period of time has outpaced the standard measures of America’s public companies, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the Nasdaq, and the S & P 500.  For the time period of January…

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Will we see shifts in funeral home employment post-pandemic?

By Funeral Director Daily / December 14, 2020 /

I’ll tell you right away that this is one of those articles I write that you probably won’t get any answers from.  As a matter of fact, I hope you go away from today’s article asking questions and thinking about the future.  It’s the kind of article that I like writing, though . . .…

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Potential COVID surge has states thinking death care, state budget surprises

By Funeral Director Daily / December 3, 2020 /

Last week you could not turn on the news without hearing of the potential for the COVID-19 virus to spread rapidly because of Thanksgiving and other upcoming holiday travel.  We found a couple of articles pertaining to states and how they may handle the number of deceased bodies that may come with that potential surge.…

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It’s not such a somber place anymore

By Funeral Director Daily / October 28, 2020 /

My first real recollection of a funeral was when my father’s mother, my grandmother, died when I was five years old.  And, interestingly enough, even with my family in the funeral profession, what I remember about the “funeral” was not being allowed to go.  I can actually remember being held at home with a babysitter,…

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Looking for a new funeral coach — how about a Tesla?

By Funeral Director Daily / August 25, 2020 /

  For almost 35 years I operated a funeral home and most of what I did there I thoroughly enjoyed. . . especially the part that was directly working with the families that were in need of funeral service help at the time.  I felt privileged that they would let me into the family discussions…

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Afternoon edition: FDLIC brightens up, SCI buys adjoining cemetery property, and more

By Funeral Director Daily / August 11, 2020 /

In today’s afternoon edition of Funeral Director Daily we have a couple of national firms in the news for differing reasons.  First of all, we will tell you of Funeral Directors Life (FDLIC) and their investment in saving some of the world’s energy.  They recently added a parking lot that will be covered by about…

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Take the time to make a difference

By Funeral Director Daily / July 27, 2020 /

As I search for articles that might be of interest to readers of Funeral Director Daily I see lots of headlines.  Headlines are the first indicator of what draws me into an article that might be of interest and then, if that has piqued my interest, I will get into the meat of the article…

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Financial Literacy . . . . the need to teach it.

By Funeral Director Daily / July 24, 2020 /

When it comes to “Financial Literacy” I consider myself one of the lucky ones who had a father who insisted that his children learn about how to manage whatever income it was that you made.  My dad was a business man, and in our house growing up, not only were we expected to learn the…

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Funeral homes open. . . . funeral homes close

By Funeral Director Daily / May 6, 2020 /

Entrepreneurship, business ownership, and the like is not for the faint of heart.  But, it can be unbelievably rewarding — not only for the income and assets one may build up with a successful business — but also for the opportunity to be your own boss and command the rudder of your own ship. It…

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