Funeral Industry News
Park Lawn Buys Waltrip-Acquired Waco Funeral Home from SCI
Park Lawn and SCI recently struck a deal on Waco, Texas’s historic Connally-Compton Funeral Home. Following the...
Funeral Industry Leader Adam Thielen Joins OGR Board of Directors
The International Order of the Golden Rule (OGR) has elected Adam Thielen, licensed funeral director and owner...
Tukios Announces AI-Powered Mobile Obituary Drafting in Heardstone App
Tukios has enhanced The Heardstone App to make creating and editing obituaries easier for funeral professionals. Users...
Record Membership and Expert Insights Mark Independent Funeral Group Conference
The Independent Funeral Group, a growing network of independently-owned and -operated funeral homes from across the U.S.,...
Funeral Service Foundation Receives $246,000 Gift to Endow CFSA Scholarship
The Funeral Service Foundation is honored to announce the establishment of the Casket and Funeral Supply Association...
How a Tulsa Partnership Built a Funeral Home for an Underserved Community 
Brook Reutter and Ana de la Torre have partnered on plenty of projects over the years, mostly...
How Earth Funeral Plans to Take Human Composting Mainstream
Earth Funeral is in an interesting position. Recently, it opened the largest human composting facility in the...
PlotBox Connects Funeral Workflows With EverAfter
PlotBox has strengthened its dedicated end-to-end solution for funeral homes, giving operators complete control over their workflows...
Specialized Funeral Home Loans via Gather & Live Oak Bank
Gather, a leader in funeral home software and website design, has announced a new initiative connecting funeral...
Serial Un-Retiree Mike Miller Leaves His Mark on FT’s Next Chapter
When FT announced that Mike Miller was retiring after less than three years as its chief operating...
Park Lawn Buys Waltrip-Acquired Waco Funeral Home from SCI
Park Lawn and SCI recently struck a deal on Waco, Texas’s historic Connally-Compton Funeral Home. Following the acquisition, Park Lawn shuttered the competing facility. According to local reporting,...
Funeral Industry Leader Adam Thielen Joins OGR Board of Directors
The International Order of the Golden Rule (OGR) has elected Adam Thielen, licensed funeral director and owner of Hoffmann Schneider & Kitchen Funeral Home and Crematory, to its...
Tukios Announces AI-Powered Mobile Obituary Drafting in Heardstone App
Tukios has enhanced The Heardstone App to make creating and editing obituaries easier for funeral professionals. Users can now create obituary drafts, upload or select photos, and edit...
Record Membership and Expert Insights Mark Independent Funeral Group Conference
The Independent Funeral Group, a growing network of independently-owned and -operated funeral homes from across the U.S., celebrated an incredibly successful year with a record number of members...
Funeral Service Foundation Receives $246,000 Gift to Endow CFSA Scholarship
The Funeral Service Foundation is honored to announce the establishment of the Casket and Funeral Supply Association of America (CFSA) Scholarship Fund, a new permanently endowed fund created...
How a Tulsa Partnership Built a Funeral Home for an Underserved Community 
Brook Reutter and Ana de la Torre have partnered on plenty of projects over the years, mostly on affordable housing and other endeavors in support of Tulsa's Hispanic...
How Earth Funeral Plans to Take Human Composting Mainstream
Earth Funeral is in an interesting position. Recently, it opened the largest human composting facility in the world. The Maryland location was strategic, in that it’s just a...
PlotBox Connects Funeral Workflows With EverAfter
PlotBox has strengthened its dedicated end-to-end solution for funeral homes, giving operators complete control over their workflows from the initial call to the final tribute. Engineered to handle...
Specialized Funeral Home Loans via Gather & Live Oak Bank
Gather, a leader in funeral home software and website design, has announced a new initiative connecting funeral home owners directly with Live Oak Bank, a national lender specializing...
Serial Un-Retiree Mike Miller Leaves His Mark on FT’s Next Chapter
When FT announced that Mike Miller was retiring after less than three years as its chief operating officer for North America, I was a little confused. In my...