Family Suing Funeral Home For Ruining Ceremony While “Smirking”
Deborah Medellin and her family are suing Laurel Land Funeral Home and Cemetery in Dallas, Texas, for incompetence that led to injuries. The family was burying Deborah’s husband,...
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SCI Merger With Stewart Enterprises Doesn’t Worry New Jersey Funeral Homes
Death care isn’t a new term to disparage healthcare reform. It’s how funeral industry insiders refer to the services they provide and it has changed a lot in...
FTC Hears Jewish Group’s Concerns on SCI/Stewart Enterprises Merger
Five months into the Federal Trade Commission's extended review of Service Corp. International's proposed $1.4 billion purchase of funeral home rivalStewart Enterprises, staff from the agency and from the Maryland Attorney General's...
10 Storied Cemeteries to Visit This Fall
What’s spookier than a graveyard around Halloween? Cemetery directors across the country are luring intrepid visitors to attractions ranging from organ concerts to photo workshops to flashlight tours...
Google cameras capture a walk through Arlington National Cemetery
The walk through Arlington National Cemetery on a beautiful October day was being captured by Google for anyone to experience with a few keystrokes or the swipe of...
Government Shutdown Won’t Impact National Cemetery Burials
Article originally published in the Thursday October 3rd Memorial Business Journal In the event of a continuing government shutdown, burials will continue at the national cem- eteries, though...
Five Things a Funeral Director Can Teach Us About Our Jobs – And Lives
Originally published on Forbes.com “We turn to Disney for inspiration on designing our funeral experiences. There’s a lot we can learn from them about making our experience more...