Pope Francis Has Published Revised Funeral Plans, Opting for Simplicity
From the day Pope Francis was elected to lead the Catholic Church in 2013, it was clear that he'd be doing things a little differently than his predecessors....
Lee Senderov on Building Foundation Partners’ Future-Forward Digital Ecosystem
Lee Senderov imagines a world where the families and communities served by Foundation Partners Group are connected, informed and able to easily and conveniently engage with providers however...
$76 Coffins & Stewpot Urns | 4M #168
Welcome to the hundred-and-sixty-eighth edition of Morticians’ Monday Morning Mashup, 4M #168, where we’ll serve up bite-sized, easily-digestible nuggets of the deathcare news you need to crush conversations...
VA Offering Green Burial Pilot Programs at Three National Cemeteries
A pilot program by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will soon allow for green burials in newly designated sections of three of its national cemeteries. In...
Return to Nature’s Jon and Carie Hallford in Jail After Both Plead Guilty to Committing Horrific Crimes
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...
Immersive Cremations & Cemetery Scrooges | 4M #167
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...
Another Funeral Home Scandal in Georgia? Maybe … But Maybe Not
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...
Dubious Inheritances & Regulatory Ruckus | 4M #166
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...
Make These 2025 Hiring & Retention Trends Work for Your Funeral Home
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...
Why “Cremation or Burial?” Should NEVER Be Your First (or Second, or Third) Question for Families
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...