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.
How Some Graves at Hollywood Forever Have Stayed Forever Green
It’s hard to remember that the Hollywood Forever Cemetery that now plays host to James Blake concerts and showings of “Point Break” had fallen into disuse and decrepitude...
FTC Undercover Inspections of Funeral Homes in Nine States Test Compliance with Funeral Rule Disclosure Requirements
Investigators working undercover in nine states found that, in 32 of the 124 funeral homes they visited during 2013, the funeral homes failed to disclose pricing information to...
Self-Written, Humorous Obituary, Requests Unsolicited Random Acts of Kindness
Sam Bruhl’s grandfather Walter George Bruhl, Jr. passed away on Sunday. Sam says… Typical of my PopPop: he cut out the middleman and wrote his own damn obituary…. So...
Lynn Isenberg’s THE FUNERAL PLANNER: Resurrects as Special Digital Freemium Edition
Lynn Isenberg’s THE FUNERAL PLANNER, the entrepreneurial romantic comedy trilogy novel series has just been released as a ‘freemium edition’ now through August 17, 2014, exclusively on Wattpad...
Should Funeral Home Websites Include Pricing?
Last week Frontrunner Professional published a blog article talking about pricing on funeral home websites. They also asked the question on their Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/frontrunnerpro/posts/639369036117917 This has generated...