Funeral Industry News

OGR to Host Future Leaders Forum
OGR Presents Future Leaders Forum to Foster the Potential of Funeral Home Professionals INDIANAPOLIS (July 11, 2025)...

New Orleans to Host Selected Independent Funeral Homes’ Annual Meeting
Former U.S. Navy Commander to keynote on “Pillars of Leadership” LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill – July 1, 2025 – Selected Independent...

10 Powerful Insights & Ideas from the 2025 Funeral (Un)Conference Marketing Experts
Just in case you missed Day Two of DISRUPT Media’s Funeral (Un)Conference in June — and didn’t...

Tribute Technology Announces 2025 Tech-Enabled Funeral Home Award Winners, Honoring Innovation Across the Funeral Profession
Celebrating Leadership, Technology Adoption, and Excellence in Family Care WAUNAKEE, WI — Tribute Technology is proud to...

The Last Thing You’ll Hear: What the Brain Still Listens for as Life Fades
By the time my grandmother died after a series of strokes, she’d been unresponsive for about a...

Weighing When to Go “Above and Beyond” with Tony Russo
Virtual Funeral Professionals Peer Support Meeting in July WHEELING, IL— As funeral professionals, we pride ourselves on...

Library of Congress Releases COVID-19 Recollections: Interviews with 19 Deathcare Professionals
On July 2, the American Folklife Center at the U.S. Library of Congress released “Reflections on the...

CREAM-ated Remains & Real(ly Frustrated) Housewives | 4M #196
Welcome to the hundred-and-ninety-sixth edition of Morticians’ Monday Morning Mashup, 4M #196, where we’ll serve up bite-sized,...

Tukios Websites Leading the Way by Optimizing for GEO, the new SEO
Ogden, UT – July 3, 2025 – Tukios, a leading provider of funeral home websites, is excited...

A Review of HBO’s The Mortician: The Good, The Bad, and The Unimaginable
(The views in this piece are my own personal opinions and observations and do not necessarily represent...
OGR to Host Future Leaders Forum
OGR Presents Future Leaders Forum to Foster the Potential of Funeral Home Professionals INDIANAPOLIS (July 11, 2025) – The International Order of the Golden Rule (OGR) is proud...
New Orleans to Host Selected Independent Funeral Homes’ Annual Meeting
Former U.S. Navy Commander to keynote on “Pillars of Leadership” LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill – July 1, 2025 – Selected Independent Funeral Homes, the premier association of independently‑owned funeral professionals, announces its...
10 Powerful Insights & Ideas from the 2025 Funeral (Un)Conference Marketing Experts
Just in case you missed Day Two of DISRUPT Media’s Funeral (Un)Conference in June — and didn’t click to watch the FREE recordings (SMH) — here is some...
Tribute Technology Announces 2025 Tech-Enabled Funeral Home Award Winners, Honoring Innovation Across the Funeral Profession
Celebrating Leadership, Technology Adoption, and Excellence in Family Care WAUNAKEE, WI — Tribute Technology is proud to announce the recipients of the 2025 Tech-Enabled Funeral Home Awards, which...
The Last Thing You’ll Hear: What the Brain Still Listens for as Life Fades
By the time my grandmother died after a series of strokes, she’d been unresponsive for about a week. My mother wouldn’t leave Grandma’s bedside — not to eat,...
Weighing When to Go “Above and Beyond” with Tony Russo
Virtual Funeral Professionals Peer Support Meeting in July WHEELING, IL— As funeral professionals, we pride ourselves on going the extra mile for the families we serve – but...
Library of Congress Releases COVID-19 Recollections: Interviews with 19 Deathcare Professionals
On July 2, the American Folklife Center at the U.S. Library of Congress released “Reflections on the COVID-19 Pandemic from Last Responders,” a series of videos documenting the...
CREAM-ated Remains & Real(ly Frustrated) Housewives | 4M #196
Welcome to the hundred-and-ninety-sixth edition of Morticians’ Monday Morning Mashup, 4M #196, where we’ll serve up bite-sized, easily-digestible nuggets of the deathcare news you need to crush conversations...
Tukios Websites Leading the Way by Optimizing for GEO, the new SEO
Ogden, UT – July 3, 2025 – Tukios, a leading provider of funeral home websites, is excited to announce that its websites are now equipped to rank in...
A Review of HBO’s The Mortician: The Good, The Bad, and The Unimaginable
(The views in this piece are my own personal opinions and observations and do not necessarily represent those of Connecting Directors or the good people behind it.) When...