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...
Two successful family owned businesses join forces. Fiducial, a family owned accounting firm with over 70 offices in the U.S., acquires the family owned Federated Funeral Directors of...
SOUTH JORDAN -- Aspiring funeral directors will no longer have to move out of state to get an education once Salt Lake Community College’s new mortuary science program...
Commuting can be inconvenient and parking a pain, but like they say about birthdays: better than the alternative. Which for most of us -- whatever our brand loyalty...