George Frankel Appointed to Green Burial Council Advisory Board
Eternal Reefs Executive First Expert in Ocean Memorial Options To Join The Board Atlanta, GA - George Frankel, CEO of Eternals Reefs, has been appointed to the Green...
NorthStar Memorial Group Chooses eBridge As Document Management Solution for 30+ Death Care Providers
Tampa, FL - NorthStar Memorial Group has chosen Tampa-based eBridge to provide hosted document management solutions to its network of 35 funeral homes, cemeteries, and crematories in California,...
Cremation By The Numbers, CANA Projections Are In
Chicago - As the number of cremations per year in the United States rapidly closes in on the one million mark, another significant benchmark figure is expected to...
Greene Valley Media Co. Recognized with 2011 NFDA Innovation Award
Brookfield, Wis. - The National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) presented Greene Valley Media Co. with the 2011 NFDA Innovation Award during the association's International Convention & Expo, which...
Service Corporation International Supports Education Advancing Mortuary Science Education Grant Awarded
HOUSTON - Service Corporation International (SCI), North America’s largest single provider of funeral, cremation and cemetery services, has awarded a $10,000 grant to a mortuary program that is...
10 Inspiring, Confusing, and Humorous Eulogies of the Famous
From Marilyn Monroe to Princess Diana to Steve Jobs, a look at how celebrities were remembered at their funerals Steve Jobs’ sister Mona Simpson delivered her brother’s eulogy...
Trigard Unveils New Personal Memorial Line at NFDA/CANA Convention
CHICAGO - “Looking for something new?” That’s how Rich Darby, Trigard Chief Operating Officer, approached the many NFDA/CANA Convention attendees who entered the Trigard booth. And for good...
Burr Oak Cemetery Manager Sent to Prison For 12 Years
The convicted ringleader of the macabre Burr Oak Cemetery burial plot-reselling scheme turned herself in today to begin serving her 12-year prison sentence, authorities said. Carolyn Towns, 51,...
Planning That Final Party
When my friend Margaret Goldsmith, a stylish Los Angeles real-estate agent, was battling ovarian cancer, she spent hours on the phone with her sister, Elizabeth, planning the details...
New York Times Releases Steve Job's Eulogy Given By Sister
I grew up as an only child, with a single mother. Because we were poor and because I knew my father had emigrated from Syria, I imagined he...