funeral money

Is it time for a Preneed registry?

By Funeral Director Daily / December 8, 2022 /
lowering casket into ground

I recently read this story in the Buffalo (NY) News that is entitled, “Two men planned what would happen after their deaths.  Why did they end up in unmarked graves?”  The story documents the plights of two men who, by most death care experts opinion, did everything that they should have done about their future deaths…

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GoFundMe tailors its format for funeral/memorial asks

By Funeral Director Daily / June 6, 2022 /

It’s another way I see that the death care world has changed since I left the active profession in 2013.  That’s only nine years ago but even how funeral and memorial services are paid for has changed.  In my day families came in to the arrangement conference and almost all services were financed by savings,…

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Afternoon Edition: Counties feeling the pressure to help with cremation costs

By Funeral Director Daily / September 16, 2020 /

Today’s Afternoon Edition will bring you some stories of American counties that are grappling with how to pay for increased requests for financial assistance for families that indicate that they need help in paying minimum cremation costs.  We have one story from WFTS in Tampa Bay, Florida, that is very typical in telling that requests…

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