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Patricia Hartley

Hallfords Plead Guilty
Patricia Hartley

Return to Nature’s Jon and Carie Hallford in Jail After Both Plead Guilty to Committing Horrific Crimes

December 3, 2024 Funeral Industry News 0 Comments

As part of a plea agreement, Jon and Carie Hallford, the former owners of Colorado green burial funeral home Return to Nature, pleaded guilty on November 22 in...

4M 167
Patricia Hartley

Immersive Cremations & Cemetery Scrooges | 4M #167

December 3, 2024 ENJOY Funeral Industry News Morticians' Monday Morning Mashup 0 Comments

Welcome to the hundred-and-sixty-seventh edition of Morticians’ Monday Morning Mashup, 4M #167, where we’ll serve up bite-sized, easily-digestible nuggets of the deathcare news you need to crush conversations...

Funeral Home scandal
Patricia Hartley

Another Funeral Home Scandal in Georgia? Maybe … But Maybe Not

November 26, 2024 Funeral Industry News 0 Comments

Less than a month after 18 bodies were found in various states of decomposition in a Douglas, Georgia funeral home, another discovery of human remains within the state...

4M 166
Patricia Hartley

Dubious Inheritances & Regulatory Ruckus | 4M #166

November 26, 2024 ENJOY Funeral Industry News Morticians' Monday Morning Mashup 0 Comments

Welcome to the hundred-and-sixty-sixth edition of Morticians’ Monday Morning Mashup, 4M #166, where we’ll serve up bite-sized, easily-digestible nuggets of the deathcare news you need to crush conversations...

Hiring and Resume
Patricia Hartley

Make These 2025 Hiring & Retention Trends Work for Your Funeral Home

November 21, 2024 Funeral Industry News Human Resources 0 Comments

Year after year, respondents to the Connecting Directors Deathcare Survey rank hiring and keeping the right employees as one of their biggest challenges. Industry supporters are working hard...

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Patricia Hartley

Why “Cremation or Burial?” Should NEVER Be Your First (or Second, or Third) Question for Families

November 20, 2024 Funeral Industry News 0 Comments

If you were to ask a few random strangers what they want for their funerals, what do you think they’d say? They probably won’t answer with their ideal...

University of North Texas Health Science Center
Patricia Hartley

Embattled Texas Body Donation Program Is Now In Even More Hot Water

November 19, 2024 Funeral Industry News 0 Comments

A few months ago, NBC News exposed the highly-questionable practices of the Willed Body Program at the University of North Texas (UNT) Health Science Center (HSC) in Fort...

4M 165
Patricia Hartley

Secret Santas & Coffin Experiences | 4M #165

November 19, 2024 ENJOY Funeral Industry News Morticians' Monday Morning Mashup 0 Comments

Welcome to the hundred-and-sixty-fifth edition of Morticians’ Monday Morning Mashup, 4M #165, where we’ll serve up bite-sized, easily-digestible nuggets of the deathcare news you need to crush conversations...

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Patricia Hartley

“Death of Deathcare?” British Columbia’s Funeral Profession Is Facing Multiple Challenges

November 14, 2024 Funeral Industry News Laws & Regulations 0 Comments

The deathcare business in the Canadian province of British Columbia has garnered more than its fair share of media attention over the last few weeks — and it’s...

Election Day and Cemeteries
Patricia Hartley

Weird Ways That Cemeteries & Caskets Made News on Election Day

November 13, 2024 ENJOY Funeral Industry News Lighter Side 0 Comments

As this election season seems to have been one of the oddest in American history, it might not be a surprise that last week, several cemeteries and a...

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