Build a Strategic Plan to Boost Cemetery Profits
Barb Milton will share strategies on how cemeterians can incorporate "green" and pet sections at this year's Cemetery Directors Conference, June 10, in Philadelphia. WALL, N.J. - Cemetery...
NFDA’s 2011 Professional Women’s Conference
Brookfield, Wis. — To support the growing number of women in funeral service, the National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) will bring funeral directors, vendors, educators, students and highly-respected...
NFDA's 2011 Professional Women's Conference
Brookfield, Wis. — To support the growing number of women in funeral service, the National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) will bring funeral directors, vendors, educators, students and highly-respected...
Stewart Enterprises CEO Leaves, Cites Differences with Chairman
The chief executive of Stewart Enterprises Inc., the nation's second-largest provider of funeral services, is retiring after citing differences with the company's chairman and a desire to do...
More U.S. Soldiers Killed Themselves Than Died in Combat in 2010
For the second year in a row, more American soldiers?both enlisted men and women and veterans?committed suicide than were killed in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Excluding...
Passages International, Inc. Announces Redesigned Web Site and New Catalog for 2011
As Passages enters its 12th year of business as the recognized global leader for earth-friendly funeral merchandise, we remain dedicated to serving our customers and their families with...
Service Corporation International Launches National Scholarship Program
HOUSTON - (Jan. 26, 2011) - Service Corporation International (SCI) is pleased to announce the company's National Scholarship Program will award $45,000 in scholarships to students currently enrolled...
Private Funerals Now Streamed Online
In an age of commemorating birthdays, weddings and anniversaries on Facebook and Twitter, it was perhaps inevitable that live Web-streaming funerals for friends and loved ones would be...
Stewart Enterprises Making Plans to Go On Buying Spree?
Stewart Enterprises Inc., the second-largest provider of funeral services in the nation, said Wednesday that it will begin considering possible acquisitions and has hired an industry veteran to...