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Patricia Hartley

Deathcare AMA 14
Patricia Hartley

Deathcare A.M.A. Q14: Do Bodies Actually Sit Up in the Embalming Room?

August 5, 2026 Funeral Industry News Lighter Side 0 Comments

Welcome to Deathcare A.M.A. (Ask Morticians Anything), where you’ll learn all about what regular people (read: non-morticians) are asking the Internet … and how their questions are being...

Data center and cemeteries
Patricia Hartley

Are We Sacrificing Cemeteries for AI? 

August 4, 2026 Cemeteries Funeral Industry News 0 Comments

No matter what your opinion on artificial intelligence, you can’t deny that it’s being leveraged by more and more people for a growing variety of personal and professional...

4M 252
Patricia Hartley

Graveside Ganja & Bizarre Displays | 4M #252

August 3, 2026 Funeral Industry News Morticians' Monday Morning Mashup 0 Comments

Welcome to the two-hundred-and-fifty-second edition of Morticians’ Monday Morning Mashup, 4M #252, where we’ll serve up bite-sized, easily-digestible nuggets of the deathcare news you need to crush conversations...

Law or legislation
Patricia Hartley

Three Cities, Three Scandals: Funeral Homes Facing Felonies, Eviction, or Lawsuits 

July 29, 2026 Funeral Industry News 0 Comments

Depending on how you look at it, the news coming out of these three cities represents either good news for deathcare or a terrible, horrible, no good, very...

Occupied grave plot
Patricia Hartley

Old Cemeteries Are Presenting Some New and Complicated Problems

July 28, 2026 Cemeteries Funeral Industry News 0 Comments

As a student of local history and an avid genealogist, I have a “thing” for cemeteries. I love to find them, visit them, and learn the stories of...

4M 251
Patricia Hartley

Cousin Algernon & Deathcare Heroes | 4M #251

July 27, 2026 Funeral Industry News Morticians' Monday Morning Mashup 0 Comments

Welcome to the two-hundred-and-fifty-first edition of Morticians’ Monday Morning Mashup, 4M #251, where we’ll serve up bite-sized, easily-digestible nuggets of the deathcare news you need to crush conversations...

Manicure
Patricia Hartley

Manicures and Mortality? There’s No Wrong Place to Hold a Death Cafe

July 23, 2026 Funeral Industry News 0 Comments

What is the “perfect” place to talk about death? The funeral home? A family’s living room? If the growing popularity of death cafes has taught deathcare professionals anything,...

Catholic Bishop YouTube
Patricia Hartley

Catholic Diocese Issues Warning About “Irregular” Funeral Practices

July 21, 2026 Funeral Industry News 0 Comments

Since lifting its centuries-old ban on cremation in 1963, the Catholic Church has slowly and, perhaps, reluctantly loosened its restrictions on other secular funeral practices, most of which...

4M 250
Patricia Hartley

Chicken Wings & Monumental Puzzles | 4M 250

July 20, 2026 Funeral Industry News Morticians' Monday Morning Mashup 0 Comments

Happy 250th!!  How appropriate that the 250th edition of Connecting Directors’ Morticians’ Monday Morning Mashup (or “4M” to our friends) comes while we’re all still basking in the...

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Patricia Hartley

John Cena’s Reflections on Mortality Are a Masterclass in Grief Literacy

July 15, 2026 Funeral Industry News 0 Comments

Despite his iconic “You can’t see me” gimmick, recently-retired WWE wrestling superstar John Cena seems to be appearing everywhere, from garbage bag commercials to the big screen. But...

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