After beating estimates last quarter by $0.01, Service Corp. International (NYSE: SCI ) has set the standard for itself. The company will unveil its latest earnings on Wednesday, July 27. Service Corp. International is a provider of death-care products and services in North America. Its services consist of funeral service locations, cemeteries, funeral service/cemetery combination locations, crematoria, and related businesses.
The patrons of the Frank E. Campbell funeral chapel, on Madison Avenue a block east of the Met, often don’t know what to make of Elizabeth Meyer. Steeped in tradition–it was the chosen mortuary-services provider for John Lennon, Jackie Onassis, and Jim Henson–the place is staffed mostly by middle-aged men for whom the business runs in the family. Meyer is a stunning 26-year-old brunette who went to NYU and began her professional life interning for designers and fashion-PR firms. Officially, she is Campbell’s director of family services, but it would not be inaccurate to call her its first in-house party planner. “The bane of my existence,” says Meyer, dressed in a black suit with a crisp white shirt and significant pearls, “is that I need to wear dark colors to work.”
Coleen Ellis, who opened up the first standalone pet funeral home in the United States, is making headlines again – this time as an author of a book that provides information on how to remember and honor pets when they die.
Pet Parents: A Journey Through Unconditional Love and Grief provides essential information to pet owners on what to do when their pet dies and how to find a pet loss provider that is reputable and compassionate.
Ellis, the owner of Two Hearts Pet Loss Center in Greenwood, Ind., and also the co-chairperson of the Pet Loss Professionals Alliance, says that the book is also an important resource for anyone who works with bereaved pet owners, including funeral homes, veterinarians and grief specialists. According to Ellis, “I wrote this book so that pet parents will know that it’s OK to mourn the loss of a beloved pet, and I also wanted them to know their various options. But just as important, I wanted both veterinarians and death-care professionals to understand the trauma involved with losing a beloved pet. It can be just as devastating as losing a human family member.”
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Answering Service for Directors, the largest call center in North America
dedicated to the funeral profession, recently offered clients an opportunity to
try ASD’s “Freedom Plus” plan.
This expansive call plan includes all of the features that encompass
ASD’s pledge to provide clients with the latest cutting-edge technology and
progressive solutions for all their funeral home needs.
ASD long ago recognized the need to provide directors with
alternatives to the traditional methods of other answering services. They were one of the first funeral home
answering services to use text and email messaging and have since enhanced
these features with the innovative “Freedom Plus” plan. Nearly half of ASD’s clients (over
2,500 funeral establishments) have signed on to utilize the options available
under this sophisticated plan.
Media, PA–ASD -
Answering Service for Directors, the largest call center in North America
dedicated to the funeral profession, recently offered clients an opportunity to
try ASD’s “Freedom Plus” plan.
This expansive call plan includes all of the features that encompass
ASD’s pledge to provide clients with the latest cutting-edge technology and
progressive solutions for all their funeral home needs.
ASD long ago recognized the need to provide directors with
alternatives to the traditional methods of other answering services. They were one of the first funeral home
answering services to use text and email messaging and have since enhanced
these features with the innovative “Freedom Plus” plan. Nearly half of ASD’s clients (over
2,500 funeral establishments) have signed on to utilize the options available
under this sophisticated plan.
A federal judge in New Orleans Thursday ruled unconstitutional a state law limiting the sale of caskets to licensed funeral directors and establishments.
The ruling came in a case brought by the monks at St. Joseph Abbey in Covington alleging the law amounted to unconstitutional economic protectionism.
In his ruling, Judge Stanwood R. Duval Jr. found that the law violated the due process and equal protection clauses of the U.S. Constitution.
Judge Duval wrote “there is no rational basis for the State of Louisiana to require persons who seek to enter into the retailing of caskets to undergo the training and expense necessary to comply with these rules.”
Arranging a funeral is like trying to plan a wedding in one day – except that instead of months of careful planning to celebrate a new beginning with bridal bouquets, people hurriedly gather to recognize an ending with casket lilies. That is about to change.
Thanks to the introduction of a new, social media site called mysendoff.com, anyone connected to the Internet can now create their own personalized funeral instructions well in advance of their passing and have them sent to family and friends. Think Facebook for funerals, and you will understand how mysendoff.com can help communicate personal final wishes, and at the same time also help eliminate the stress and decision-making burdens on family and friends that accompany a death when no funeral pre-planning has been done.
Ah, yes, another article picked up by my Google Alert about pet funerals. Actually it was a blog that was exploring the question “How much is too much to spend on your pet’s funeral?”
I personally find these types of conversations absolutely astounding! In fact, almost uncomfortably embarrassing! After all, who on earth would think that it would be appropriate to tell another person what’s acceptable to spend on ANYTHING?
Ah, yes, another article picked up by my Google Alert about pet funerals. Actually it was a blog that was exploring the question “How much is too much to spend on your pet’s funeral?”
I personally find these types of conversations absolutely astounding! In fact, almost uncomfortably embarrassing! After all, who on earth would think that it would be appropriate to tell another person what’s acceptable to spend on ANYTHING?
It was a crow that first caught Frank Glick’s attention. It was flying around erratically, so Glick got out his Nikon camera and followed it. It was around 6 a.m. on a hazy spring day and he was driving through Fort Snelling National Cemetery because he was early for a training meeting at Delta Airlines, where he works.
Glick is an amateur photographer, but he always carries his camera, just in case. So he followed the crow, in some cultures a symbol of good luck and magic, until he saw it: a huge eagle perched on a tombstone, its eyes alert, its head craned, looking for prey. In the foreground, dew glistened on the grass.
Glick got his shot.
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