Minnesota Priest Runs Nonprofit Funeral Service
The Rev. Claudia Windal of Minneapolis believes everyone, regardless of ability to pay, deserves a dignified burial. So the Episcopal priest became a mortician to help make it...
Guest Post – Boomers Causing Funeral Industry to Reinvent Itself
After delivering a marketing seminar last week to a group of funeral directors, the owner of one funeral home approached me to set me straight: "You wouldn't know...
What is Happening With OGR? Why Are They Moving?
The following is a letter from OGR President Koven Brown that was emailed to me annoucing big changes that are taking place in their organization. I am not...
UK Teenager Opens Own Funeral Home
Four Oaks teenager has become one of the youngest funeral directors in the country to set up his own business. Edward Cutler, 19, a former Arthur Terry student,...
EternalSpace.com, What Led To The Crumble Of The First Virtual Graveside?
The termination of EternalSpace.com came as a surprise to merely everyone in the industry, one day there supposedly going strong, the next day the homepage is now an...
Bag Of Human Organs Leads To Arrest Of Funeral Director
A funeral director in Haines City was arrested and charged Monday after officers say he dumped raw human waste for commercial purposes. Claude Edward Holmes, Jr., 47, was...
Hearse Key Undertaker Avoids Jail
An undertaker who stole the keys to a rival's hearse, leaving it stranded with a body inside, has been given a six-month suspended sentence. David Wood took the...
EternalSpace.com Folds After 30 Days?
It is official, there is no more EternalSpace. If you are wondering who EternalSpace is, they are the start-up company who blew through millions of dollars to launch...
Families Shocked After Seeing ‘Dump’ At Cemetery
Becky Cone is shocked and saddened. A staff member directed her to a back corner of Riverside Memorial Park to search for mementos that once adorned her daughter's...
Troubled Allendale, SC Funeral Home Owner Speaks
The owner of a troubled Allendale funeral home is speaking out after losing his business license. The South Carolina Funeral Service Board says someone at the funeral home...