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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
