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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Welcome to the two-hundred-and-forty-eighth edition of Morticians’ Monday Morning Mashup, 4M #248, where we’ll serve up bite-sized, easily-digestible nuggets of the deathcare news you need to crush conversations...
Funeral directors in the state of Washington have a new reason to celebrate. As of June 11, they can join their colleagues in 47 other states by telling...
If you've ever sat across from a family in an arrangement conference and watched them realize — in real time — that they have no idea what documents...