Old Cemeteries Are Presenting Some New and Complicated Problems
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...
Cousin Algernon & Deathcare Heroes | 4M #251
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...
Manicures and Mortality? There’s No Wrong Place to Hold a Death Cafe
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 Diocese Issues Warning About “Irregular” Funeral Practices
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...
Chicken Wings & Monumental Puzzles | 4M 250
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...
John Cena’s Reflections on Mortality Are a Masterclass in Grief Literacy
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...
Antonio Green’s FuneralBot.AI Fills in the Gaps and Does What You Don’t Love to Do
Our friend Antonio Green is not one to rest on his laurels. While he serves families as a fourth-generation funeral director and general manager of James H. Cole...
Goose Gravestones & Soccer Send-Offs | 4M #249
Welcome to the two-hundred-and-forty-ninth edition of Morticians’ Monday Morning Mashup, 4M #249, where we’ll serve up bite-sized, easily-digestible nuggets of the deathcare news you need to crush conversations...
An Earthquake and a Heat Wave Are Stress-Testing Deathcare Capacity on Two Continents
For most deathcare professionals, the demands of the pandemic created the most mentally, physically, and emotionally working conditions of your careers. Imagine, though, that you were dealing with...
Lessons to Learn From This “Misleading” Direct Cremation Ad
A UK advertising authority has banned a direct cremation company’s ad, finding that the commercial implied that more services were included than what was actually being advertised. The...