Family Allegedly Gets Brain In Bag From Funeral Home
Source: Huffington Post Source: Wikimedia A New Mexico family that was outraged to receive their dead relative's brain in a bag wants to give a funeral home a...
Your Funeral Business Might Be in the Tank, But SCI is Still Making Money
Source: Houston Chronicle - Conference call on Thursday, October 25, 2012, at 9:00 a.m. Central Time. HOUSTON, Oct. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- : Service Corporation International (NYSE: SCI), the largest provider...
Circuit Court of Appeals Asks Louisiana Supreme Court To Decide Monks Casket Case
Article Originally Published in the Memorial Business Journal New Orleans – The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has decided to send to the Louisiana State Supreme Court the...
Is There Really a Demand For Green Burials?
Source: Minnesota Public Radio ST. PAUL, Minn. — As environmental consciousness has grown in the country, some people like Theresa Purcell have questioned the practice of pumping dead...
Nearly 6,000 People Attend NFDA International Convention & Expo
Brookfield, Wis. – The National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) 2012 International Convention & Expo, held October 7-10 in Charlotte, N.C., drew 5,816 total attendees and 387 exhibiting companies....
The National Funeral Directors Association Recognizes ASD – Answering Service for Directors with the 2012 NFDA Innovation Award
Brookfield, Wis. – The National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) presented ASD – Answering Service for Directors with the 2012 NFDA Innovation Award during the association’s International Convention &...
Funeral Service Suppliers Win NFDA Convention Booth Contest
Brookfield, Wis. – The National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) recognized three funeral service suppliers for having the best booths in the Expo Hall during the 2012 NFDA International Convention...
What I learned while live-tweeting a friend’s funeral
Article Originally posted on Gigaom.com photo: Flickr user Rosaura Ochoa Posting to Twitter from someone’s funeral might be seen as inappropriate, but to me it seemed like the...
New Start-Up Wants You To Compost Remains Not Cremate
Article Originally posted on PetsLady.com Compost (Photo by normanack/Creative Commons via Wikimedia) A new business in Auburn, Maine, has a new way for you to handle the remains of your...
“Visit A Cemetery Day"
Brought to you by International Memorialization Supply Association (IMSA), mysendoff.com and Kates-Boylston Publications Sunday October 28, 2012 is Visit A Cemetery Day: Cemeteries are much more than...