Funeral Industry News
Thumbies’ New Gold Vermeil Options Help Funeral Professionals Serve More Families with Premium Personalized Jewelry
Woodstock, IL. — Thumbies, A Messenger Family Company, has announced the launch of Gold Vermeil (pronounced “ver-MAY”)...
Motivate and Retain Your Staff
CANA Convention Session on how to better educate, train and mentor the next generation WHEELING, IL— Estimates suggest anywhere...
The Long-term Effects of Repeated Exposure to Death
For funeral directors, exposure to mortality, tragedy, and the human costs of each are daily realities. That...
OGR Receives ISAE STAR Award for Rest Assured: The Funeral Profession Podcast Rebrand
INDIANAPOLIS (July 7, 2026) - The International Order of the Golden Rule (OGR) has been honored with...
Anthem Partners Announces Strategic Partnership with Family Shield
Collaboration Provides Funeral Homes with Financing Solution That Benefits Families and Funeral Providers Frisco, TX — July...
Precoa preplans its 1,000,000th family
PORTLAND, Ore. – Precoa is celebrating prearranging its one millionth family together with leading funeral homes across...
Pinnacle Funeral Service Acquires Gent Funeral Home & Cremation Services
ALTON, Ill. — Pinnacle Funeral Service has acquired Gent Funeral Home & Cremation Services, a trusted provider...
Torrential Rains & 6-Day Funerals | 4M #248
Welcome to the two-hundred-and-forty-eighth edition of Morticians’ Monday Morning Mashup, 4M #248, where we’ll serve up bite-sized,...
Entire Staff Hopes Someone Else WIll Clean The Grill | FFFW 288
This is the weekend of freedom and fireworks! July 4th is hands-down my favorite non-religious holiday, and...
Chptr Appoints J.B. Showalter as Senior Vice President of Partnerships
Veteran death care executive joins Chptr following a 27-year career at Batesville to help accelerate the company's...
Thumbies’ New Gold Vermeil Options Help Funeral Professionals Serve More Families with Premium Personalized Jewelry
Woodstock, IL. — Thumbies, A Messenger Family Company, has announced the launch of Gold Vermeil (pronounced “ver-MAY”) as a new material option within its personalized memorial jewelry collection,...
Motivate and Retain Your Staff
CANA Convention Session on how to better educate, train and mentor the next generation WHEELING, IL— Estimates suggest anywhere from one-third to three-quarters of all new licensees leave funeral service...
The Long-term Effects of Repeated Exposure to Death
For funeral directors, exposure to mortality, tragedy, and the human costs of each are daily realities. That the field requires particular personality traits goes without saying; those who...
OGR Receives ISAE STAR Award for Rest Assured: The Funeral Profession Podcast Rebrand
INDIANAPOLIS (July 7, 2026) - The International Order of the Golden Rule (OGR) has been honored with a 2026 Indiana Society of Association Executives (ISAE) STAR Award in...
Anthem Partners Announces Strategic Partnership with Family Shield
Collaboration Provides Funeral Homes with Financing Solution That Benefits Families and Funeral Providers Frisco, TX — July X, 2026 – Anthem Partners today announced a strategic partnership with...
Precoa preplans its 1,000,000th family
PORTLAND, Ore. – Precoa is celebrating prearranging its one millionth family together with leading funeral homes across the nation. For over two decades, the national leader in preneed...
Pinnacle Funeral Service Acquires Gent Funeral Home & Cremation Services
ALTON, Ill. — Pinnacle Funeral Service has acquired Gent Funeral Home & Cremation Services, a trusted provider in the greater Alton community for more than 90 years. The...
Torrential Rains & 6-Day Funerals | 4M #248
Welcome to the two-hundred-and-forty-eighth edition of Morticians’ Monday Morning Mashup, 4M #248, where we’ll serve up bite-sized, easily-digestible nuggets of the deathcare news you need to crush conversations...
Entire Staff Hopes Someone Else WIll Clean The Grill | FFFW 288
This is the weekend of freedom and fireworks! July 4th is hands-down my favorite non-religious holiday, and I couldn't be more excited to be celebrating 250 years of...
Chptr Appoints J.B. Showalter as Senior Vice President of Partnerships
Veteran death care executive joins Chptr following a 27-year career at Batesville to help accelerate the company's next phase of growth. NEW YORK, NY — Chptr today announced...