The National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) and the Cremation Association of North America (CANA) have reached a historic agreement to host a joint International Convention & Expo, October...
Hillenbrand Inc.?s Batesville unit, the largest U.S. maker of coffins, filed a U.S. trade complaint to stop imports of what it deems are knockoff caskets from Mexico. The...
Potentially hundreds of American veterans and their family members who were laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery were misidentified or mislocated, including some in an area that...
Tiffany Stewart is currently a graduate student at Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas and expects to complete a Masters in Counseling in 2011. Her areas of...
Never underestimate how low a scammer will sink to wrestle money from a senior citizen. One of the latest trends has con artists reading obituaries to glean information...
I will be speaking this Friday at the Independent Funeral Directors of Florida convention on "Social Media in the Funeral Industry". This is a great article that confirms...
The following is a reaction to the article "Cemetery Sells Gravesite That Belongs To Widow" published yesterday by CBS13 in Sacramento, CA. Reaction is from the website Consumerist.com....
WHEAT RIDGE ? For more than a century, folks have gone to Olinger Crown Hill Cemetery to mourn endings. But now, the 260-acre, 103-year-old graveyard is working to...
Guest Article - Gregory Ferris is currently a regional director for Paradigm Associates. He specializes in helping funeral home owners move their business from the "as is" to...
Cemetery professionals nationwide are already signing up for the Cemetery Directors Conference, which will be held Nov. 16 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. With families increasingly opting...