Woman “Stiffs” Cops by Hiding in Coffin
A Philadelphia woman faces escape charges after she allegedly hid in a coffin at a central Pennsylvania funeral home after running away from authorities in handcuffs. Nineteen-year-old Nicole...
Competitiveness? Good or Bad? Important?
Consumers in any town now have choices when choosing a funeral home. For example, in the town where ConnectingDirectors.com is located, Zanesville, Ohio, there are 6 funeral homes!...
Extreme Funeral Home Makeover: The Eight Steps to a High Performance Funeral Home
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...
Funeral Directing: A Thankless Job
I talk with many funeral directors on a regular day to day basis and I must admit that most funeral directors I meet are humble and compassionate. I...
Human Remains Container Found Leaking On Southwest Airlines Plane
Dallas-based Southwest Airlines is apologizing to some of it's customers after an incident involving their bags and human remains. Baggage handlers in Albuquerque, New Mexico were unloading the...
NFDA Updates ?The History of American Funeral Directing?
This month, the National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) will release the seventh edition of ?The History of American Funeral Directing,? by Robert Habenstein and William Lamers. ?This book...
Unlicensed Embalmer Costs Funeral Home 3.3 Million in Lawsuit
Plaintiff Faye Gilmer's husband, 72-year-old Jack Gilmer, died July 16, 2003, and his funeral services were handled by Crestview Memorial Funeral Home, according to a Birmingham News obituary....
Eco-Friendly Coffin Gets Accepted Into American Design Museum
An eco-friendly coffin built by a Kiwi designer is being displayed in a prestigious American design museum - a move that could bury the competition. The Artisan casket,...
The Death of Idle Time – Technology is Running Our Lives
This is a great article that was posted on Obit-Mag.com. The article is about how our idle or down time is dying due to our addiction to technology...
What Industry Trade Journals Are You Reading? – Survey
LA Ads is running a new survey that could really produce eye-opening results. Dan Katz, Owner of LA Ads posted the following on the ConnectingDirectors.com LinkedIn member page:...