California AG Sues Funeral Trust
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California's attorney general sued one of the nation's largest funeral trust funds Monday, claiming its managers had illegally diverted $14 million that consumers had saved...
Funeral Home Drive-Thru, Paying Their Respects Outside Funeral Home
A drive-thru in Compton with a glass-encased chamber for the coffin offers convenience to mourners. It also provides a speedy way for well-known community members to be viewed...
Special Offer For Industry Suppliers
ConnectingDirectors.com recently partnered with Social Media Marketing company Disrupt Media Group to provided full support social media marketing to funeral industry suppliers. More and more funeral professionals are...
Dance, Laugh, Drink. Save the Date: Its a Funeral in The Bronx
At 2 a.m. on a Saturday in the Bronx, the dance floor was packed, the drinks were flowing and a knot of young women with stylish haircuts and...
Judge Says Monks Can Fight for Right to Sell Caskets
NEW ORLEANS - Monks at St. Joseph Abbey near Covington, La., can sue for the right to sell handcrafted caskets without a license from the Louisiana Board of...
Reserve Your Hotel Room for the 2011 NFDA Convention Today
Brookfield, Wis. - Funeral professionals planning to attend the 2011 National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) International Convention & Expo, hosted in conjunction with the Cremation Association of North...
Funeral Service Foundation Announces 2011 PWC Scholarship Recipents
Brookfield, Wis.--The Funeral Service Foundation (FSF) awarded five scholarships for attendance to the 2011 NFDA Professional Women's Conference, held April 1-3 in Alexandria, Virginia. Recipients of the 2011...
Another Demographic Has Emerged – Grandpuppy-Parents!
Did you see CNN last week? My good friend, Jim Rudolph, made me aware of their latest finding! Grand-puppies! The latest demographic to emerge in this crazy pet...
National Academy of Sciences Report Finds That EPA’s Formaldehyde Assessment Needs Revision
Last week, the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) concluded that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) draft health assessment of formaldehyde required "substantial revision." The NAS disagreed with...
Undertakers Leave Coffin In Supermarket Parking Lot While Getting a Cup of Tea
An undertakers' firm have been accused of lacking respect after three workers left a corpse in a coffin in supermarket car park - while they went inside for...