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Park Lawn adds Toronto funeral homes

By Funeral Director Daily / June 16, 2023 /

      Earlier this week Park Lawn Corporation (PLC) announced that it had reached a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all of he assets of Ward Funeral Home Limited.  Ward Funeral Home Limited operates three stand-alone funeral homes in the Greater Toronto, Ontario, Canada area.   Here’s what Park Lawn Corporation CEO J. Bradley…

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Funeral Director Daily’s “Top Read” articles of the past 30 Days

By Funeral Director Daily / June 15, 2023 /

      It is June 15th already and the Summer Solstice is almost upon us.  June 15th meaning it is the middle of the month when Funeral Director Daily recaps our highest read articles over the past 30 days. . . And, Summer Solstice coming up on June 21 when the northern hemisphere sees…

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Community events can lead to the “Connection” you need

By Funeral Director Daily / June 15, 2023 /

    I’ve lived in the same growing community my entire life.  I know a lot about the community. . .as a matter of fact my two sons always tell me “I have accumulated a wealth of worthless knowledge about it”!!   Living here for a long period of time, being interested in my community,…

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What is “Services” inflation and does it matter for funeral service?

By Funeral Director Daily / June 12, 2023 /

      This week may turn out to be one of the most consequential in recent times as to showing a direction as to how the economy turns going forward.  There seems to be a lot of positive movement in the American economy at this time as just last week the S&P 500 worked…

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Maybe older workers are the answer

By Funeral Director Daily / June 9, 2023 /

    Yesterday’s Funeral Director Daily article centered on the fact that many, especially in the Millennial age group, are seeking what they term a “Work-Life Balance” in their careers and our article pointed out that many who have worked in the funeral profession find that balance lacking in their lives.  As was mentioned yesterday,…

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Lack of Work-Life Balance may cause headaches at the funeral home

By Funeral Director Daily / June 8, 2023 /

    Last week we wrote an article that you can read here that highlighted the record number of students currenty enrolled in mortuary schools across the country.  That article certainly makes it look like we will have a number of graduates to replace those retiring funeral directors as the years go by.   However,…

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Service Corporation adds “human composting” services to some funeral homes in Seattle

By Funeral Director Daily / June 6, 2023 /

        Earlier in May, the largest death care provider in North America, Service Corporation International, added what they call “human composting” services to their list of services provided by five funeral homes in the Seattle, Washington, area.  This press release mentions that the process is also known as “natural organic reduction” and…

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Opioid deaths, yes. . . what about traffic fatalities?

By Funeral Director Daily / June 5, 2023 /

      I worked my time for over 30 years as a funeral director in a community located along the interstate highway system.  That vast amount of traffic passing by us unfortunately led to a few incidents of multiple fatalities that were directed to our funeral home for help in removal and trade services.…

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Matthews International continues to lead Death Care Index companies in 2023

By Funeral Director Daily / May 30, 2023 /

    All three major indexes of the U.S. stock market, the Nasdaq Composite, the S&P 500, and the Dow Jones Industrials grew by 1% or more on Friday.  That convinced me that, over the long weekend I should take a look at how the public companies that deal with Death Care have fared for…

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Pandemic’s death benefit payments come to an end. . .average award about $6,275

By Funeral Director Daily / May 26, 2023 /

    President Donald Trump declared a nationwide pandemic public health emergency on January 31, 2020.  That public health emergency has now expired as of midnight on May 11, 2023. . . . a period of over three years in length.   I certainly don’t have to remind anyone who lived through it of the…

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