memorial services
It is my opinion that the lack of people to preside over ceremonies for the dead may in the future have a limiting effect on the number of ceremonies that are held. . . . which would be detrimental to those in the funeral home and memorial businesses. I understand that conducting…
If you have worked in the death care profession for any length of time you will have noticed several changes that have taken place. And, as I’ve done some research on what seems to be taking place, sometimes the choices of the consumer public seem contradictory to me. . . . although there…
I attended a memorial service yesterday. The format of the service has become pretty standard in our community. The service was for a lady/wife/mother of which I know the husband to some extent. I consider him a really nice guy and attended the service because I wanted to let him know that I care and…
When I was growing up and in elementary school in the 1960’s there was a saying about Presidential elections. That saying was, “As Maine goes, so goes the nation”. What it meant was that the state of Maine had an uncanny ability to vote with the winning candidate in so many elections. In today’s left…
Over the weekend I read a couple of articles on different subjects that brought me to the question, “Can a funeral/memorial celebrant on staff increase revenues?” You might be wondering how I got to that question or even why I might ask it. Let me explain. I first came across an article on church attendance…
