Obit: A Beautiful, Free, All-in-One Platform You Can’t Afford Not to Try
Every so often you hear of a product that seems too good to be true. It’s innovative and highly functional. It solves more than one of your persistent...
Extremely Embalmed Murder Victim On Parade a First for Trinidad & Tobago
Extreme embalming — the practice of posing the deceased in positions and places other than prone in a coffin — isn’t new. However, it hasn’t really caught on...
Where There’s Smoke, There’s … A COVID-Related Crematory Controversy
Black smoke billowing against a blue sky will inevitably spark questions, calls, and the ever-present speculative social media posts. Most people simply want to sate their curiosity, and...
A “Useful Corpse”: Body of Shady Bigamist Used to Promote Funeral Home in 1902
The rising popularity of cremation has brought with it an interesting conundrum: unclaimed remains. With traditional burial, disposition of individuals with no family or funds is managed and...
NFDA & FTC Tackle The Funeral Rule at 2020 Convention
It’s been a part of the business of funeral directing since 1984, hasn’t changed much since then, and it isn’t going away anytime soon. “It” is the Funeral...
Going Once, Twice … Tribute Technology Sold to Carlyle Group and Vista Equity
Just six weeks after placing Tribute Technology on the auction block, Providence Equity Partners has reportedly sold the funeral home software company for more than $1 billion. According...
Park Lawn Says Ex-CEO Clark Stole Their Cemetery Software Secrets
Bloomberg Law reports that Park Lawn Corporation, the largest publicly-traded Canadian-owned funeral, cremation, and cemetery provider, has filed a lawsuit against PlotBox, a UK-based cemetery software startup, alleging...
Here’s the Only Excuse You Need to Have a Cocktail
With all you have to do and feel as a death care professional, you need no excuse for the occasional glass of wine or sip of bourbon. And,...
How Monkeying Around with Cocktails Became an Addictive Quarantine Escape
Do you remember where you were when the world shut down in mid-March? Deathcare attorney Poul Lemasters does. Anticipating pending quarantine measures, Poul and his wife Shelby decided...
IOHO: NFDA 2020 Was a Virtual Success!
While it’s true that in a normal year, most of us would have loved to have spent the past week connecting with colleagues in the Big Easy, the...