Chances are you’ve heard about Save My Ink Forever, the only service offering post-death tattoo art preservation. If not, where have you been? The proprietary preservation process, created...
In 1984, Guy Laliberte transformed a troupe of Canadian street performers into the circus arts phenomenon Cirque du Soleil. After expanding from one to 19 shows in nearly...
It’s no secret that government and watchdog groups are scrutinizing the rising costs of funerals. In 2017, the Bureau of Labor Statistics determined that the cost of funeral...
In New Zealand, the senior set aren’t sitting around waiting to die. Instead, they’re actively preparing for it. Coffin clubs — weekly get-togethers where members build coffins and...
This year the death care industry has been inundated with innovative variations on the basic urn. We’ve recently written about several of these on Connecting Directors, including Wilbert’s...
If Missouri Senator Jason Holsman has his way, he’ll be cremated atop an open-air outdoor pyre worthy of a Jedi master or Darth Vader’s cybernetic armor. In April...
As a funeral director, how often do you hear families say, “If only I had known…” or “I wish I had thought to ask…?” So often the death...
When it came time to say a final farewell to the world’s longest-reigning king, the people of Thailand spared no expense. After a year of mourning, months of...
“She looks so lifelike!” As a funeral director, how often do you hear this phrase as friends and family file past an open casket? Of course, you should...
The generation who brought us the Summer of Love, Woodstock, and the Manson family are now in their seventies and eighties. Many are making final arrangements for when...