There’s a Reason Most Removal Calls Come Outside Business Hours
Some of the biggest concerns of a new removal tech — in addition to worries about squatting and bending in their suit, how to operate the stretcher, and...
Funeral Songs & Apart-Hotels | 4M #203
Welcome to the two-hundred-and-third edition of Morticians’ Monday Morning Mashup, 4M #203, where we’ll serve up bite-sized, easily-digestible nuggets of the deathcare news you need to crush conversations...
Inspection Reveals 20 Decomposing Bodies in Colorado Coroner’s Hidden Room
Less than two years after nearly 200 decomposing bodies were found in a Penrose, Colorado funeral home, state inspectors have discovered a heartbreakingly similar situation in a facility...
Tribute Spotlights Take Your Obituaries Where They’ve Never Gone Before
This week’s announcement from Tribute Technology and Chptr was more than just a press release — it signaled a truly historic shift in the way today’s deathcare professionals...
What Deathcare Can Learn from the Tragic Discovery in an Alabama Funeral Home Hearse
On the morning of Saturday, August 9, 2025, staff at West Gadsden Funeral Home in Gadsden, Alabama returned from a call and noticed what first appeared to be...
Who’s Watching Over Deathcare Workers? Meet the Patron Saints of the Profession
Every job has its heroes. Doctors look up to Hippocrates, firefighters honor St. Florian, and bakers have St. Honoré keeping watch. But did you know that deathcare professionals...
Crab-Shaped Caskets & Coffin Torpedoes | 4M #202
Welcome to the two-hundred-and-second edition of Morticians’ Monday Morning Mashup, 4M #202, where we’ll serve up bite-sized, easily-digestible nuggets of the deathcare news you need to crush conversations...
Is Your Workplace Culture Toxic? Here’s How to Find Out — and How to Fix It
It’s a well-known fact that deathcare professionals are some of the kindest and most compassionate people on the planet. You could not possibly do what you do and...
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...