funeral homes
The other day I wrote an article that was titled “Selling Preneed. . . .positively” which you can read here. The bottom line of that article was to illustrate when advising on preneed, to promote preneed in a positive fashion. I went on to say how, when I did seminars on funeral pre-arrangements, I tried…
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Today’s feature in our popular “Get to Know Them” edition is centered on Peter J. Rose, CFSP, LFD, and General Manager of the Betz, Rossi, Bellinger and Stewart Family Funeral Homes in Amsterdam, New York. While the “Get to Know Them” feature is centered around getting to know the profession and what differing duties and…
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For almost 35 years I went about doing my job as an owner/operator of a mortuary. I answered calls, I did some embalmings, I met with families, and I conducted thousands of funerals. I know that by my nature that I am a “people pleaser” and I always strived to please everyone whom I was…
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In a press release that we received last week, Foundation Partners Group announced that they had expanded and repositioned their leadership team. According to the release that you can read here, this will “position the company for continued growth and innovation.” The release explains that Bob Bukala, formerly the President and CEO, will remain CEO…
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As you know we have been dedicating the Thursday Afternoon Edition to our new feature, “Get to Know Them”. This feature tries to bring forth the many facets of the death care profession and differing occupations within such. I’ve learned that not all of our readers are funeral home owners or funeral home directors and…
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Ask ten different consumers and you will get ten different opinions on “insurance”. Especially, life insurance. Some think it is necessary, some think it is a waste of time, some love the peace of mind it can bring, some will say let my survivors deal with the money after my death. You get the idea.…
Read MoreIn today’s Afternoon Edition we bring you opportunities to continue to learn with a webinar from Disrupt Media and the Cremation Association of North America (CANA), a new podcast from the National Funeral Directors Association, and a useful article from Clifton Larson Allen on planning an exit from your business. We also have a couple…
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In the last couple of weeks we have seen headlines and television news stories about black smoke rising from crematory exhaust stacks. This article and news video from WSVN of Miami, Florida, shows what appears to be a problem from a crematory near the community’s Little Havana neighborhood. Steven Bedoya, an environmental specialist supervisor of…
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There is no doubt that one of the costs that funeral homes have encountered in the past six months of the COVID world we find ourselves living in is cleaning and disinfecting the funeral home real estate. We’ve been told that sometimes it is even hard to find a commercial service that has an opening…
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When I researched and wrote a story about Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg being buried at Arlington National Cemetery little did I know it would lead to a Three-part series with Funeral Director Daily. However, the story triggered some memories in my life on what I knew about Arlington and, in today’s article, how I as…
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