funeral homes
When you think of End-of-Life “Purpose” insurance there are two basic types. First, there is Pre-Need which is generally sold by funeral or cremation providers with the death benefit proceeds going directly to those providers to pay for services that have been pre-planned by the purchasers or their caretakers. Then there is…
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One has to realize that “Opinions are Opinions” and they may differ dependent on the author’s perspective. I find it is always best to get multiple opinions when I contemplate major decisions. What’s interesting with today’s blog topic is that I’ve recently found two opinions on the future of Death…
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This recent television interview and article about Illinois resident Meagen Lee should find a place in your “Contacts” so that you can point clientele survivors to a way that they can have “One-of-a-Kind” cremation art pieces created should they wish. Lee, who calls herself a DNA artist, has created jewelry, flowers, lighters, pocketknives,…
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It’s estimated that about 85% of North America’s funeral businesses are still family owned. However, that number seems to be headed downward as the large national and regional consolidators seemingly accelerate their purchases of these family funeral homes when they come to market. I think that increased rate of consolidation is…
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I had an incident in church on Sunday that both the party I was involved with and myself laughed about at the time. However, when I returned home I thought about the situation and wondered to myself, “Is it just me in this stage of life or is humanity, in general, losing…
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The funeral home business is well known for its retention of retaining families served over the generations of deaths. Most of us call this “Heritage” business and any great funeral home will find a way to keep the families they have served happy so they don’t look any where else the next time…
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One of Funeral Director Daily’s sponsors, the Cremation Association of North America (CANA), will again be helping to host the Peer Support Network online meeting tomorrow night, July 18, at 8 pm Eastern, 7 pm Central time. Here’s what CANA says about this month’s meeting in a recent press release on…
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The following quote came out of a National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) e-mail on June 26, 2023, that announced the introduction of the “Consensual Donation and Research Integrity Act” bill into Congress, “In almost every state, it is legal for anyone, even if they do not have training, to sell the human remains…
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If you have been a funeral director for any length of time the odds are that you have served a family of a suicide death at some point. I served several over my years as a funeral director and those times were very difficult and stressful for me. And, I had somewhat…
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Americans are taking a loan, early withdrawal, or hardship withdrawal from their retirement plans at record rates according to this article from Yahoo Finance. And, one of the top reasons why, according to the survey, is to pay for a funeral. According to the survey released by by the non-profit Transamerica…
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