The 10 Top Stories of 2020
2020 was a year we don’t really want to remember, but unfortunately can never forget. We certainly had a lot of deathcare-related news to share here at Connecting...
6 Ways Deathcare Professionals Embraced Their Communities in 2020
Every funeral home, crematory, and cemetery owner and manager knows that getting involved in the communities they serve is not only a valuable marketing tool — it’s just...
Harris Transgender Case: Modest Settlement, Immeasurable Impact
Last week’s $250,000 settlement may have closed Aimee Stephens’ landmark transgender case, but it marked the implementation of sweeping reforms across the employment landscape. And to think it...
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...