Casket-making lawmaker helps kill bill allowing alternative to burial
Imagine the remains of your dearly departed loved one being flushed down the drain. That’s the grisly image Rep. Dick...
Learn to Understand Your Funeral Home’s Finances: NFDA to Host Business Conference
Created especially for small to mid-size funeral home businesses, the new National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) Business Conference will arm...
What is Mesoloft and How Do They Help Cremated Remains Turn Into Rain and Snow?
Last week, we shared an article about funeral profession newcomer Mesoloft and it generated a lot of buzz. Mesoloft is...
Fostering a Global Dialogue: NFDA Hosts 2015 Asia Funeral Expo & Conference
The eighth annual National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) Asia Funeral Expo & Conference (AFE) will take place May 13-14 at...
Doctors Share Their Personal Stories of Grief After This Heartbreaking Image Goes Viral
Outside of a Southern California hospital, an ER doctor is crouched down against a concrete wall grieving the loss of...
Death Redesigned: A legendary design firm, a corporate executive, and a Buddhist-hospice director take on the end of life
There’s an ugliness — an inelegance — to death that Paul Bennett gradually came to find unacceptable. It seems to offend him the way...
InvoCare USA Increases Manpower with Customer Service Specialist Steven Greenfield
To deliver what is called the 'modern approach' to funeral arrangements, InvoCare USA announced another new hire today. The cutting-edge...
Qeepr #Talkdeath Roundtable Major Success, Announces Next Edition Held at ICCFA in San Antonio Texas
Social memorial platform, Qeepr.com successfully held the first #Talkdeath live roundtable event on March 12th, 2015. Noted mortician, funeral director...
Nine Famous People and What They’re Buried With
When the comedian David Brenner died earlier this year, obituaries reported that he’d asked to be buried with $100 in...
5 times family members received a gift from a loved one after their death
There really isn’t a perfect time to get over a loved one. The Wall Street Journal’s Elizabeth Bernstein reported in...
