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...
NFDA International Convention & Expo Ranked Among 50 Fastest Growing Tradeshows in North America
The National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) International Convention & Expo has been recognized by Tradeshow Week (more…)
Tributes.com & FuneralNet form Partnership to Deliver Best-in-Class Online Obituary Solutions
Tributes.com, the online resource for local and national obituary news, announced today that they have established a strategic partnership with FuneralNet, the original and largest provider of custom...
Aurora Partners With Tributes.com to Enhance Funeral Home Websites
Aurora Casket, the largest privately held casket manufacturer in the U.S., and Tributes.com, the online resource for local and national obituary news, announced today a strategic partnership to...
What Happens to Your Pre-needs If You Sell Your Funeral Home or Go Out Of Business?
After dealing with all the bills that surfaced after her husband died in 1995, Harriet Bristol of Visalia decided she did not want to leave her family with...
Matrix Direct and the Dignity Memorial(R) Provider Network Partner on End-of-Life Planning
Matrix Direct and the Dignity Memorial provider network announce they have partnered to offer consumers a way to create a complete plan for their end-of-life arrangements. Through the...