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Patricia Hartley

Diary of My First Death Conference

September 2, 2019 Funeral Industry News 0 Comments

I’ll admit, when I started writing for Connecting Directors in 2018, I had no idea how many death conferences existed. Or what they entailed. Or what to expect. ...

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Patricia Hartley

Potlucks and Yoga: Seven Stones Cemetery Is More About Living Than Dying

August 28, 2019 Funeral Industry News 0 Comments

When was the last time a new cemetery opened up in your community? For most of us, it wasn’t within our lifetimes. In Douglas County, Colorado it was...

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Patricia Hartley

New Jersey is One of the Last States to Lift Ban on Food in Funeral Homes

August 20, 2019 Funeral Industry News 0 Comments

The Here in the South, food and funerals go together like red beans and rice or biscuits and gravy. We show up on the doorstep, casserole (or two)...

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Patricia Hartley

Alternate Endings Documentary is About Decisions and Determination, Not Dollars

August 19, 2019 Funeral Industry News 0 Comments

HBO’s latest documentary film, “Alternate Endings: Six New Ways to Die in America,” premiered Wednesday, August 14. According to HBO, the goal of directors and producers Matthew O’Neill...

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Patricia Hartley

Can You Help Clients Achieve a Good Death?

August 7, 2019 Funeral Industry News 0 Comments

Forbes contributor Randy Gleckman recently posed the idea that Americans are “working too hard for a good death.” He even speculated that our increasing efforts to have the...

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Patricia Hartley

Ethical Wills Part Four: Adding Legacy Letters to Your Preneed Offerings

August 6, 2019 Funeral Industry News 0 Comments

In our first three posts in this series, we’ve explored the purpose and content of ethical wills, or legacy letters, and reviewed some examples of letters written by...

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Patricia Hartley

Efforts to Battle Body Broker Side Gigs and Sketchy Donations Continue

August 1, 2019 Funeral Industry News 0 Comments

Last year Connecting Directors reported the FBI raid of Colorado’s Sunset Mesa Funeral Home. According to Reuters, the funeral home’s owner, Megan Hess, ran a side business as...

Patricia Hartley

Coffin Clubs: “Makers of Fine, Affordable, Underground Furniture”

July 30, 2019 Funeral Industry News 0 Comments

Oh, those Kiwis. First, they gave us explorer Sir Edmund Hillary, country singer Keith Urban and actor Russel Crowe. Now, they’ve started a trend that’s not only captured...

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Patricia Hartley

Ethical Wills Part Three: Examples of Ethical Wills

July 23, 2019 Funeral Industry News 0 Comments

In this ongoing series, we’ve learned about the origins of ethical wills and what you might include in one. Also called “forever letters,” and “legacy letters,” ethical wills...

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Patricia Hartley

Death Stocks Are Dying: Is Cremation the Only Culprit?

July 22, 2019 Funeral Industry News 0 Comments

You’ve all heard the cliches — we’re all going to die, death and taxes are the only certainties, etc. It’s this line of thinking that recently prompted a...

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