interments
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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I recently read this article from author Harold Ivan Smith from Baptist News. Smith offers a unique perspective as he attended mortuary school, is a grief educator, and works as a celebrant for Forest Lawn Mortuaries in Palm Springs, California. Smith indicates in his article that cremation was probably about 1% of United States dispositions…
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We’ve written about the problem before in this forum. “The problem” being the lack of revenue for historic city and association cemeteries since the country’s cremation rate increased to a majority of dispositions. The increase in cremations has decreased cemetery sales in full body burial lots and interment fees. . . .as a matter of…
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We gave a little history on Arlington National Cemetery in yesterday’s edition of Funeral Director Daily. As a follow-up to that I promised a little more today. I had always heard that the eligibility requirements for interment in Arlington National Cemetery were more stringent than in the other Veteran’s National Cemeteries scattered across the country.…
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