funeral homes
It’s certainly been a strong year for the stock market. . . .even with recent declines last week tipped by rising inflation and fears of the Omicron variant of Covid-19. And, the strong year has not only been good for investors in America’s best known industries and services, but in the companies that make a…
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Funeral Director Daily’s morning message was one that its essence pointed out that in business, businesses will prosper best if the management and the employees can be on the same page. With that in mind we bring you the following Webinar entitled “The Future of Work — What comes Next”. We believe that this webinar…
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I’m a baseball fan. . . have been since I served as Batboy for the local town team when I was about eight years old. I was fortunate enough to get to see my Minnesota Twins baseball team win the 7th game of the 1987 World Series in Minneapolis. So, it won’t surprise you that…
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I graduated from mortuary school in 1980. It seems to me that life was a little easier back then, traditions were pretty normalized, and funeral services consisted of a pretty “run of the mill” body preparation-visitation-funeral service-burial logistic sequence. Of course, prior to that service sequence a funeral director had to also meet with the…
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You can’t get away from it anywhere. There is a lot of talk on the national political stages about “Green Energy” and the environmental movement. In the death care world we have been hearing that recomposition (the art of human composting) and alkaline hydrolysis (known by some as “cremation by water”) are going to be…
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The Cremation Association of North America (CANA) says the 2020 cremation rate in the United States was 56.1%. That same reliable group says that within the next decade – in 2030 – the national cremation rate will rise to 72.8%. Considering the fact that the vast majority of cremations in the United States do not…
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Park Lawn Corporation (PLC), the Canadian based funeral and cemetery operator announced in this press release yesterday that they had entered the state of Georgia with an agreement to purchase the Ingram Funeral Home & Crematory located in Cumming, Forsythe County. The press release stated that the acquisition is scheduled to close in December of…
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Matthews International, the Pittsburgh based tri-partite conglomerate with the largest percentage of their sales in what they refer to as their “Memorialization Segment” saw an increase in total sales and Memorialization Segment sales for their 2021 Fiscal Year. As you can see from this 4th Quarter (July, August, September) and Year End report sales in…
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I came across this article titled, “It’s funeral homes’ busy season, here’s what to be careful for”. Seeing that title I didn’t really know what to expect so I looked into the article. It’s a short article with some good thoughts — one of those thoughts was entitled, “The Myth of Holiday Suicides”. Now, over…
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Maybe it is just because I’m getting older. . . maybe its because as I get older I see younger and younger people stepping forward to do some of the things I used to do. . . . maybe it is because as you get older you recognize that as much as you may have…
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