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Patricia Hartley

Before I Die
Patricia Hartley

Leverage the 5th Annual Before I Die Festival as a Community Outreach Opportunity

September 29, 2021 Community Outreach Funeral Industry News GROW 0 Comments

Gail Rubin, also known as the Doyenne of Death®, gets excited when she talks about her upcoming Before I Die Festival. It’s not just because of the lineup...

Monday Morning 4M #2
Patricia Hartley

Drinkable DNA & Tombstone Fudge | 4M #2

September 26, 2021 ENJOY Funeral Industry News Lighter Side 0 Comments

Welcome to the second edition of Morticians’ Monday Morning Mashup, where we’ll serve up bite-sized, easily-digestible nuggets of the deathcare news you need to crush conversations during the...

Bernards investigation
Patricia Hartley

“Buried by the Bernards” Funeral Home Under Investigation for Alleged Mix-Up With Cremains

September 21, 2021 Funeral Industry News 0 Comments

Remember the Bernard family? We first met them in February 2021, when the Netflix series “Buried by the Bernards” debuted. The show offered a behind-the-scenes look at the...

Morticians' Monday Morning Mashup
Patricia Hartley

Pancake-Sized Clots & Back-From-the-Dead Blooms | 4M #1

September 19, 2021 ENJOY Funeral Industry News Lighter Side 0 Comments

Welcome to the first edition of Morticians’ Monday Morning Mashup (aka 4M), where we’ll serve up bite-sized, easily-digestible nuggets of the deathcare news you need to know to...

Death tech disrupters
Patricia Hartley

Fear and Loathing in Deathcare: Why Most “Disrupters” Aren’t the Enemy

September 7, 2021 DISCOVER Funeral Industry News Products & Services 0 Comments

“My message to those business owners is they better wake up. This industry is ripe for disruption and there are many startups developing new technologies and services that...

Chinese Funeral
Patricia Hartley

Why It’s Super Uncool to Be a Mortician in China

August 18, 2021 Deathcare Abroad ENJOY Funeral Industry News 0 Comments

As I’m not a deathcare professional and you guys are way too humble to admit it, I’ll say it for you: You are special, amazing, outstanding people. Most...

FEMA Funeral Assistance
Patricia Hartley

FEMA COVID Funeral Assistance Reaches $1 Billion Milestone

August 15, 2021 Finance Funeral Industry News GROW 0 Comments

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) just announced it has distributed more than $1 billion in funeral expense reimbursements to families who have lost loved ones to COVID-19....

Grave robbing corpses
Patricia Hartley

10 Ways Sextons and Senators Have Historically Defended Corpses and Their Rights

August 11, 2021 Cemeteries DISCOVER Funeral Industry News 0 Comments

Wouldn’t it be nice if “final disposition” was always, well, “final?” Unfortunately, ensuring that corpses actually end up — and stay, intact or otherwise — where they are...

Chuck Lakin Last Things Maine
Patricia Hartley

Last Things: Detailing All the Ways to Die in Maine — With or Without a Funeral Director

August 10, 2021 DISCOVER Funeral Industry News Products & Services 0 Comments

Chuck Lakin didn’t set out to become one of Maine’s premier authorities on home funerals. A reference librarian by trade, Lakin hadn’t given much thought to embalming, funerals,...

Failing grades
Patricia Hartley

Failing Grades in 33 States: Is Your State Board Actually Helping You to Educate Customers?

July 13, 2021 Community Outreach Funeral Industry News GROW 0 Comments

In our 2021 Deathcare Survey, nearly 25% of respondents cited “educating families and the public at large” as one of the top professional challenges of 2020. In fact,...

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