Yesterday Funeral Director Daily reported on the 4th Quarter and Year-End press release of Service Corporation International. And, last week SCI also had it’s quarterly discussion with financial company personnel in which we peruse the transcript for more detailed information. As has been our practice of late […] Read More
An article that was about a pilot program in America’s Veterans Administration (VA) cemeteries proved to be the most read article in the past thirty days on Funeral Director Daily. The article dealt with this press release sent out by the Veterans Administration in late November. The press […] Read More
It’s probable to say that the fad of Green Burials has turned into a trend and may have become an accepted norm to human disposition. Evidence of this is given by the decision of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs announcing in this press release that it […] Read More
Funeral Director Daily learned last week that well-know Death Care industry executive Jared Dance has formed a business that intends to help funeral homes and cemeteries with marketing and management. In an e-mail press release we received this announcement, “J. Dance Consulting LLC is excited to announce […] Read More
VA Offering Green Burial Pilot Programs at Three National Cemeteries A pilot program by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will soon allow for green burials in newly designated sections of three of its national cemeteries. In fact, the VA’s National Cemetery Administration (NCA) is already actively encouraging interested […] Read More
Weird Ways That Cemeteries & Caskets Made News on Election Day As this election season seems to have been one of the oddest in American history, it might not be a surprise that last week, several cemeteries and a former president’s casket shared the news spotlight with pundits and polling […] Read More
Perpetual Plots & Cemeteries Gone Wild | 4M #163 Welcome to the hundred-and-sixty-third edition of Morticians’ Monday Morning Mashup, 4M #163, where we’ll serve up bite-sized, easily-digestible nuggets of the deathcare news you need to crush conversations in the week ahead. Bon appetit! We bought a cemetery Hey, if a […] Read More
I spent parts of 5 days and 4 nights in New Orleans earlier this week participating in the annual National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) convention. It was a time to learn new things and visit with old friends. And, while there I attended workshops, took part in some […] Read More
Kansas United States Senator Jerry Moran recently testified at a United States Senate Veterans Affairs Committee meeting that “When mourning a death the last thing a grieving family needs is some bureaucratic hurdle or some substandard support.” That comment came in response to the information provided, according […] Read More
Back when I was a child there was a soap opera daily on television that carried the slogan, “Like sands through an hourglass, so go the Days of our Lives”. I thought of that today when researching an article about demographic movements and how they may affect funeral […] Read More
2023 marked the 60th anniversary of Jessica Mitford’s book related to the customs of American funerals, “The American Way of Death“. If you are much younger than I am you probably don’t even remember it or have never heard of the book. It is my opinion that […] Read More
Breaking the taboo of “End-of-Life” planning can only be a help for funeral services and other death care companies. Funeral directors, funeral homes, and cemeteries with progressive sales force techniques have known for a long time that getting one to talk about their mortality is what gets those […] Read More
Irish Wakes & 2,000-Acre Cemeteries | 4M #115 Welcome to the hundred-and-fifteenth edition of Morticians’ Monday Morning Mashup, 4M #115, where we’ll serve up bite-sized, easily-digestible nuggets of the deathcare news you need to crush conversations in the week ahead. Bon appetit! This newsletter is powered by MemoryShare, a funeral […] Read More
There is no doubt that with the advent of rising cremation in our society cemeteries are used less and less, as a percentage of all deaths, by families as places of permanent memorialization. However, there is still a large group of families that “do” select a space in […] Read More
Do Cemeteries Get Shut Down? Yep, and Here’s What Happens Next What happens when a cemetery is closed, or is simply abandoned? Short answer: This is a complex legal question and the answer depends on the state and situation of the cemetery in question. Cemeteries and burial grounds are regulated […] Read More
