Article originally appeared on BizJournals A cremation in Washington, D.C., can cost less than $1,300 while a typical full-service funeral can cost close to $14,000, and a consumer...
Article originally appeared on Yahoo! There are very few places left that haven’t been touched by social media or technology — the funeral industry, being one. But even this market may...
Brookfield, Wis. – Bob Arrington, CCO, of Arrington Funeral Directors in Jackson, Tennessee, was installed today as president of the National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA). The installation took...
funeralnation.tv - In this episode we highlight new companies that are innovating in the funeral profession, make bold predictions about what we will see at the 2015 NFDA convention,...
Article originally appeared on Buffalo News Dr. Albert J. Kirshen has pronounced hundreds of patients dead during a nearly 40-year career in palliative medicine, and he says that...
Article originally appeared on Creedy Commentary “My name is Alan and I am overweight!” Last week I was shocked when someone said to me, “Alan, you are always...
Article originally appeared on CBC News Funeral homes across the country are trying to hunt down new staff as North America faces a shortage of trained professionals and a...
Brookfield, Wis. – The National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) presented ASD – Answering Service for Directors with the 2015 NFDA Innovation Award during the association’s International Convention &...
San Francisco, CA – October 19, 2015 – Passare®, the industry’s only cloud-based funeral arrangement and collaboration platform, recently announced the launch of a new website designed for...
Article originally appeared on Business Insider Preserving dead bodies for a living might seem weird or creepy or depressing. "But it's actually one of the most rewarding jobs in the world,"...