Funeral Industry News

Starmark Appoints Dan Cook as Vice President of Business Development
Recognition Reflects Cook’s Leadership and Commitment to the Funeral Profession RICHMOND, IN, June 19, 2025 – Starmark,...

Better Than a Dating App: A Match Made in the Mortuary
The charming little town of Pinhalzinho, Brazil—population just around 2,800—was the perfect setting for an adorable meet-cute...

Historic Cemeteries, Modern Opportunities
CANA Convention Highlights Cremation Memorialization with Mount Auburn’s Regina Harrison As it has steadily become the most...

Necropolis 4.0 and Tree Pods: A Design Professor Imagines the Future of Urban Deathscapes
The global population is growing, more people are dying, and despite rising cremation rates, conventional burials are...

Selected Independent Funeral Homes Lets the Good Times Roll at 107th Annual Meeting in New Orleans
LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill. – June 17, 2025 – The world’s leading independent funeral service professionals will gather in New...

5 Manageable Ways To Help Your Team Tackle Compassion Fatigue
Like midnight calls and weekend funerals, compassion fatigue could be viewed as just part of the job...

Two TikToks & Ghana Ganga | 4M #193
Welcome to the hundred-and-ninety-third edition of Morticians’ Monday Morning Mashup, 4M #193, where we’ll serve up bite-sized,...

Passare Launches New Feature: Whiteboards
ABILENE, TX - June 13, 2025 - Passare is excited to announce a new Whiteboard feature for...

Are You Creating or Killing Customer Loyalty?
Culture and Customer Loyalty Keynote Joan Fox at CANA’s 107th Convention WHEELING, IL— The last 25 years...

New “Grief Dawg” Just a Dude Named Kyle | FFFW 240
Welcome to issue 240! We are approaching 5 years of the FFFW, which is actually insane. The...
Starmark Appoints Dan Cook as Vice President of Business Development
Recognition Reflects Cook’s Leadership and Commitment to the Funeral Profession RICHMOND, IN, June 19, 2025 – Starmark, the cremation solutions leader, has announced the appointment of Dan Cook...
Better Than a Dating App: A Match Made in the Mortuary
The charming little town of Pinhalzinho, Brazil—population just around 2,800—was the perfect setting for an adorable meet-cute … in the local funeral home. Yes, this is a love...
Historic Cemeteries, Modern Opportunities
CANA Convention Highlights Cremation Memorialization with Mount Auburn’s Regina Harrison As it has steadily become the most popular form of disposition in the US and Canada, cremation has...
Necropolis 4.0 and Tree Pods: A Design Professor Imagines the Future of Urban Deathscapes
The global population is growing, more people are dying, and despite rising cremation rates, conventional burials are still consuming land and other natural resources. What’s a densely populated...
Selected Independent Funeral Homes Lets the Good Times Roll at 107th Annual Meeting in New Orleans
LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill. – June 17, 2025 – The world’s leading independent funeral service professionals will gather in New Orleans, LA for Selected Independent Funeral Homes’ 107th Annual Meeting at The Ritz-Carlton on...
5 Manageable Ways To Help Your Team Tackle Compassion Fatigue
Like midnight calls and weekend funerals, compassion fatigue could be viewed as just part of the job for deathcare professionals. You provide comfort to grieving families, prepare loved...
Two TikToks & Ghana Ganga | 4M #193
Welcome to the hundred-and-ninety-third edition of Morticians’ Monday Morning Mashup, 4M #193, where we’ll serve up bite-sized, easily-digestible nuggets of the deathcare news you need to crush conversations...
Passare Launches New Feature: Whiteboards
ABILENE, TX - June 13, 2025 - Passare is excited to announce a new Whiteboard feature for customers. Funeral professionals can now organize their case listing with color-coding,...
Are You Creating or Killing Customer Loyalty?
Culture and Customer Loyalty Keynote Joan Fox at CANA’s 107th Convention WHEELING, IL— The last 25 years of funeral service have brought unpredictable and incalculable changes to this...
New “Grief Dawg” Just a Dude Named Kyle | FFFW 240
Welcome to issue 240! We are approaching 5 years of the FFFW, which is actually insane. The first FFFW I ever wrote was at the end of September...