preneed funerals
Chalk this incident up to “This should never happen” but it did. In this article from the Bucks County Courier Times of Pennsylvania we learn of the tale of Richard Geisinger who died in 2013. The article tells the story of how Mr. Geisinger, who had pre-arrangements for a casketed burial, was instead cremated and…
Read MoreI’ve been involved in the funeral business long enough to see the State of Minnesota move, in what I consider a more consumer friendly way, in respect to the business of preneed. I can go back to the 1980’s when we were only allowed to put a consumer’s designated funeral funds into a bank guaranteed…
Read MoreEvery once in a while we hear stories of funeral homes being investigated for acts that would be contrary to the laws of their respective states. This weekend we happened to notice two such articles in newspapers that dealt with funeral homes potentially running afoul of the preneed laws of their state. The first article…
Read MoreAccording to an article published yesterday from Radio Iowa that you can read here, the Iowa attorney general is going to court asking that the Iowa Insurance Division be allowed to step in and try to recoup money from two funeral homes under investigation. According to a statement in the article, Dennis Britson, of the…
Read MoreMy wife’s 85 year old father died suddenly last February. He and his wife had lived in the small – under 3000 person – community that they were both born in for all of his years. Life in a community like that revolves around community activities that many times are centered around families – not…
Read MoreAbout a year ago Funeral Director Daily ran an article when we learned that some people were using crowdfunding sites to help raise the money needed to pay for the memorial expenses that they chose for their loved ones. We recently read an article in the United Kingdom’s Independent entitled, “We had to beg…
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