Honest Epitaphs & Obit Debates | 4M #201
Welcome to the two-hundred-and-first edition of Morticians’ Monday Morning Mashup, 4M #201, where we’ll serve up bite-sized, easily-digestible nuggets of the deathcare news you need to crush conversations...
Pennsylvania Story Highlights Very Real Problems of Unclaimed Remains and Unpaid Bills … and a Possible Solution
Jeffrey Butya was something of a local celebrity in the Robinson Township community of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Described in a February 12, 2025 tribute as a “local bar and...
Shawarma Trucks & DIY Cremation | 4M #200
Welcome to the two-hundredth (🎉!) edition of Morticians’ Monday Morning Mashup, 4M #200, where we’ll serve up bite-sized, easily-digestible nuggets of the deathcare news you need to crush...
Eulogize Memorials Can Enhance Both Family Healing and Your Direct Cremation Revenue
More and more families are choosing direct cremation for a variety of reasons, but simplicity, affordability, and flexibility certainly top the list. It’s estimated that about 40% of...
Why Celebrity Deaths (Seem to) Happen in Threes
For many, the news of the death of legendary wrestling personality Hulk Hogan on Thursday, July 24 confirmed a long-held superstition: celebrity deaths occur in threes. Hogan’s shocking...
25-Cent Urns & Nosey Barbers | 4M #199
Welcome to the hundred-and-ninety-ninth edition of Morticians’ Monday Morning Mashup, 4M #199, where we’ll serve up bite-sized, easily-digestible nuggets of the deathcare news you need to crush conversations...
Awesome Ideas From Some of NFDA’s Best of the Best Funeral Homes
Every year, multiple funeral homes submit essays to the National Funeral Directors Association in the hopes of being one of up to 10 recipients of the organization’s Best...
Good Luck Caskets & Misguided Motives | 4M #198
Welcome to the hundred-and-ninety-eighth edition of Morticians’ Monday Morning Mashup, 4M #198, where we’ll serve up bite-sized, easily-digestible nuggets of the deathcare news you need to crush conversations...
The Family DIY Debate: Eulogize’s Nick Kelly Tackles Funeral Directors’ Toughest Questions on Allowing Family Self-Service
It’s been just over a year since Australians Nick Kelly and Ben Sutton introduced their modernized funeral tribute platform, Eulogize, to U.S. deathcare professionals. As they’ve made the...
With These Sketchy Solutions, No Wonder Early Americans Didn’t Embalm Their Dead
While the practice of embalming stretches back to the ancient Egyptians, Americans didn’t begin embalming their dead until the Civil War, and then it was only for the...