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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
Indianapolis - Casket manufacturer Genesis Casket Company is today launching its new website, www.genesiscasket.com. The robust site serves as a powerful brand awareness tool and funeral director resource....
Brookfield, Wis. — Randall “Randy” L. Earl, CFSP, of Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Homes of Decatur, Ill., was installed as president of the National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA)...
I found the following image on Facebook (courtesy of Funeral Diva: Lori Diaz - http://facebook.com/ms.funeraldirector) and it gave me a much needed laugh. I really think when we...