Have Your Ashes Pressed Into a Vinyl Record?
Music lovers can now be immortalized when they die by having their ashes baked into vinyl records to leave behind for loved ones. A UK company called And...
NFDA Launches Green Funeral Practices Certificate Program
Program will recognize funeral homes that meet strict criteria in the area of green funeral practices Brookfield, Wis. - The National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) has launched an...
Shine On Brightly Adds Colorful, Stylish Cremation Jewelry to Collection
Memorial jewelry that doesn?t look like memorial jewelry is now available at www.shineonbrightly.com! Shine On Brightly, the online resource for affordable, unique memorial art, is thrilled to add...
Businesses: Keep Nasty Complaints off the Web by Offering Great Customer Service
By Marc LeVine, Director of Social Media, RiaEnjolie, Inc. You and your family began your funeral home business with the best intentions in mind. There isn't a funeral...
Open Casket Funerals: Should The Photos Be Published?
With the war in Iraq said to be over as far as US combat troops are concerned, the number of casualties in Afghanistan is increasing rapidly. A number...
The Art of Sharing Tear Soup with Strangers
October 12, 2010, at 7:30 a.m. at the New Orleans Marriott at the Convention Center, New Orleans, LA The Academy of Professional Funeral Service Practice, wth the generous...
Funeral Homes Addressing the Needs of Baby Boomers
The first of the baby boomers are entering their mid-60s, and the death rate in the U.S. is expected to rise from 8.1 people per thousand in 2006,...
How A Cadaver Made Your Car Safer
A highly-promoted feature in the 2011 Ford Explorer are its new inflatable rear seat belts. The not-so-highly-promoted working stiffs that helped make it happen? Human cadavers. Here's how...
All Ohio Cremation & Burial Society, Inc. Responds to Trend in Funeral Choices and Launches allohiocremation.com
Throughout the United States, a trend toward cremation -- and away from traditional burials -- is steadily emerging, as indicated in the latest report issued by the Cremation...
10 Bizarre Last Statements of Death Row Inmates
Before being put to death, criminals are given the opportunity to say a few parting words. Some use this opportunity to apologize for their wrongdoings; some try to...