Will Trump Repeal Biden’s “Ridiculous” USPS Regulation for Shipping Cremated Remains? A recent memo issued by The White House is inspiring hopeful speculation that the current administration will abolish the recently-updated regulations for shipping cremated remains. However, the cryptic language of the memo has created more questions than answers about […] Read More
It’s not your father’s Death Care world anymore. Because if you are currently involved in the Death Care business it seems like everyday something new happens that we haven’t thought about before. . . . and hadn’t happened in the past. Recently this story broke about what happened […] Read More
Ashes Amid the Ashes: Dedicated Teams Are Helping LA Fire Victims Recover Cremated Remains In the aftermath of a devastating disaster like the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires, even the discovery of a small memento amid the rubble is incredibly meaningful. As residents return to sift through what is left […] Read More
If you have read Funeral Director Daily for any length of time you will know that I am an advocate of “Permanent Memorialization” of loved ones. My reason for that belief is pretty simple. . . 1) It is just the way I was brought up and 2) […] Read More
It’s the middle of the month and with that comes our publishing of Funeral Director Daily’s “Top Read Articles” of the past 30 days. This month’s leading articles are no surprises because they are subjects that seem to be on the minds of Death Care business leaders and funeral […] Read More
In October Choice Mutual, an end-of-life burial insurance company released the results of a nationwide survey of over 3,000 individuals that, among other things, asked where in their home state would they want their cremated ashes to be dispersed or scattered. According to one article I read, […] Read More
Deathcare A.M.A. Q9: How Do I Know I Have the Right Cremated Remains? Welcome to Deathcare A.M.A. (Ask Morticians Anything), where you’ll learn all about what regular people (read: non-morticians) are asking the Internet … and how their questions are being answered — accurately, hilariously, or otherwise. Our goal is […] Read More
