Faulty Death Certificate, Red Tape Stand in the Way of Closure for Grieving Family
DEL MAR ? The end came quickly for Lillian Steinberg, an artist, pilot, world traveler and stay-at-home mom who spent the last of her 94 years in her...
Two Young Men Follow Their Calling into the Funeral Home Profession, Finding Fulfillment in Helping Others
Appleton, Wisconsin - On television and in movies funeral directors are portrayed as tall and pale, bland and boring individuals who rarely, if ever, crack a smile. After...
Developing a Financial Foundation
This is the first article in a series that is written for the purpose of providing funeral home owners and managers with financial information and tools that will...
FTC Extends Enforcement Deadline for Identity Theft Red Flags Rule
At the request of Members of Congress, the Federal Trade Commission is delaying enforcement of the ?Red Flags? Rule until June 1, 2010, for financial institutions and creditors...
William C. Wappner Installed 2009-10 President of National Funeral Directors Association
Last week Tuesday, October 27, William C. Wappner, CFSP, was elected president of the National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA). Wappner, owner of Wappner Funeral Directors in Mansfield, Ohio,...
Funeral Homes Face Economic Crunch, Relief Found for Some
The current recession is putting a strain on profitability and cash flow for all businesses, and funeral homes are no exception. To make matters worse, the availability of...
Webcasting Funerals, Top Tech Trend for 2010 Says Fox News
In an article released late Friday afternoon, Fox News writer John Brandon listed Funeral Webcasting as the Top Tech Trend for the upcoming year 2010. The two webcast...
Chronicle of a Death We Can?t Accept
AT a funeral directors? convention recently, I wandered around an exhibition floor crowded with the usual accouterments of the trade ? coffins, catafalques, cemetery tents, cremation furnaces and...
Humorous NFDA 2009 Tour By Boston Fox News Affiliate
If it seemed like a rowdier week in the city of Boston than usual there was a good reason. The National Funeral Directors Association was holding its convention...
Grave Thefts: An Age-Old Problem That Won’t Die
PHILADELPHIA ? It's that time of year when even cemetery guards are more easily spooked, on alert for signs of one of the oldest, most ghoulish and most...