Funeral Industry News

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...

The Magical Mushroom Technology Behind the “Cocoon”
For the tricky business of breaking down biological remains, few contenders pull the weight of mushroom-based products....

Return Home Announces Expansion into Minnesota as Natural Organic Reduction Becomes Legal
SEATTLE, July 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Return Home, the nation's leading provider of human composting, also known as Natural Organic...
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...
The Magical Mushroom Technology Behind the “Cocoon”
For the tricky business of breaking down biological remains, few contenders pull the weight of mushroom-based products. As we’ve recently covered in some detail, America has had its...
Return Home Announces Expansion into Minnesota as Natural Organic Reduction Becomes Legal
SEATTLE, July 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Return Home, the nation's leading provider of human composting, also known as Natural Organic Reduction (NOR), announced today that it is actively planning to open...