Two Doctors Aim To Put Funeral Directors Out of Business Within a Decade
We'll Cure Death in a Decade, Say the Stars of the SXSW Documentary The Immortalists Immortality is a decade away, insist scientists Bill Andrews and Aubrey de Grey, the...
Students Build and Donate 20 Infant Caskets
Inside a make-shift workshop in the Lake Como ConneXions Church, Ohio college students on spring break are making something they had never thought about before: coffins for babies....
Good News For Those Offering Pet Services, Spending Is At An All Time High
In 2013, American's spent more than $55 billion on their pets and the market is expected to grow even more. Dogs and cats have become part of the American...
Thirty Wilbert Licensees Earn Awards For 2013 Accomplishments
BROADVIEW, IL, March 17, 2014 – Thirty Wilbert Licensees were recognized with various awards for accomplishments in 2013 at the Wilbert Funeral Services, Inc (WFSI) Annual Sales Meeting,...
Watch a Video Demo of ASD – Answering Service for Directors’ Smart Phone App, ASD Mobile
ASD – Answering Service for Directors’ Smartphone app, ASD Mobile for iPhone and Android, has enhanced communication for thousands of funeral homes nationwide. The ASD Mobile app was...
Technology Roundtable for the Funeral Professional
The following article by Patti Martin Bartsche was published in the March 2014 issue of American Funeral Director Magazine There’s no question businesses – including funeral homes –...
Funeral Director Caleb Wilde Posts Irreverent Thoughts on Death
Most days, Caleb Wilde is a funeral director, discreetly making burial arrangements and guiding survivors in a time of loss. But in his off hours Wilde has another,...
Why College Students Are Dying to Get Into ‘Death Classes’
At Kean University, students are dying (as it were) to get into Norma Bowe's class "Death in Perspective," which has sometimes carried a three-year waiting list. On one...
Baby Boomers Are Drawn to Green and Eco-Friendly Funerals
Article By: Susan Chumsky, NY Times First there was Slow Food. Now come slow funerals. On a recent frigid Sunday at the Park Slope Food Coop, Amy Cunningham was...
Walking the Casket (For Exercise)
Casket obesity it apparently a major issue in Pennsylvania. Our friend Caleb Wilde posted this picture yesterday on Instagram.