When Kids Ask About Death
I found this article, written by a mother about her first experiences in discussing death with her children, on the blog Things That Bang. Death is a often...
Funeral Home Mix-Up: Pa. Family Mourns Wrong Body
PHILADELPHIA ? The blue suit and black boots were right, but mourners at a retired trucker's funeral suspected they were gazing at the wrong man. Some friends and...
Research Reveals Consumer Desire for Graveside Services
Wilbert Funeral Services, Inc. (WFSI), the leading single-source supplier of burial vaults and cremation-related products and services to North American funeral homes, today announced results of a benchmark...
National Veterans’ Cemeteries Under Pressure to Expand
SAN DIEGO ? National cemeteries for veterans are under unprecedented pressure to expand. But suitable land in Southern California is not easy to come by. Fort Rosecrans is...
NFDA Negotiates New Lower Convention Hotel Rate for Attendees Offers Money-saving Discount
With registration rates that are, in most cases, much lower than 2008, and hotel rates starting at $140 per night, the National Funeral Directors Association is offering even...
Funeral Home Sends Wrong Body to Funeral
A Melbourne woman is fuming and a funeral parlour has been left "mortified" after the wrong bodies were delivered to two open-coffin viewings last week. A caller to...
Disturbing the Dead: Nation’s Cemeteries Desperate for Oversight, Experts Say
Consumer advocates are calling for stronger federal oversight of the U.S. cemetery industry after Illinois cemetery workers were accused last month of digging up hundreds of graves and...
50% Decrease in Funeral Spending According to NFDA
Story goes that during the Great Depression, families would pay for funerals with chickens and ham. A few kind people would even bury loved ones for free. But...
Death and Dollars: Charlotte Leads The Nation When it Comes to Burial, Cremation Costs
When Service Corp. International, the nation's largest funeral-home chain, bought its biggest competitor in 2006, it took a commanding stake in the Charlotte market and promised to provide...
Innovation In The Funeral Industry: Should You Avoid Start-Up Companies? – Ryan Thogmartin
Are funeral industry start-ups beginning to scare you? Historically they have been few and far between but, as our industry continues to change and progress, more start-up companies...