Winter Weather: What’s a Funeral Home’s Obligation For Snow Removal?
By T. Scott Gilligan, NFDA general counsel - Article originally appeared on NFDA.org For most of the nation, 2014 has been a recurring cycle of ice, snow, sleet...
Is Skyping with a Dead Loved One Creepy?
Last week we posted an article about Eterni.me - a company that is making it possible for you to talk with artificially intelligent dead loved ones. Eterni.me has created...
Forgotten Ashes Launches to Identify Unclaimed Cremated Remains
Every year, thousands of cremated remains go unclaimed for a variety of reasons at funeral homes, cremation providers and local and state agencies across the country. Attempting to...
Soldier Suspended in Funeral Guard Photo with Caption ‘We Put FUN in Funeral…’
The Wisconsin National Guard has suspended a soldier from a funeral honors detail over two photos that sparked outrage and shock were posted to social media. One image...
Anthony Kaniuk Joins NFDA Business Development Team
The National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA), the world’s leading and largest funeral service association, is pleased to welcome Anthony Kaniuk as senior business development executive. In this post,...
Here is What You Missed at The 2014 CANA/NFDA Cremation Symposium
Scenes from a symposium: Attendees experienced great education, great exhibits, and great fun in Las Vegas with CANA and NFDA! Find out more about CANA - Cremation Association...
Bill Would End Wisconsin’s 80-Year-Old prohibition on Cemeteries Owning Funeral Homes
When Kevin Pagenkopf's son told his first-grade teacher what he wants to be when he grows up, she didn't expect him to say funeral director. Pagenkopf said he...
Grieving Over Pets Becoming Common, More Public
In 30 years of publishing as a professor at Princeton Theological Seminary, C. Clifton Black has never received such an outpouring of reader support as he did when...
Twelve Ways Baby Boomers Will Shape the Nation in the Coming Decades
Baby boomers are a huge group of Americans who have affected the nation’s social, political, and economic life from the day they were born. The birthrate in this...
Homesteaders Adds New Home Office Account Executives
Des Moines, Iowa — Homesteaders Life Company, a national leader in pre-need funeral funding, has hired two new account executives to join the Home Office region team. Kristie...