Funeral Homes are Struggling to Keep Their Doors Open
There was an interesting article published this weekend by Crain's Chicago Business about the struggles facing funeral homes in Chicago as family owned firms are closing right and...
Cremation
Exclusive: Inside the Company Taking Cremated Remains to the Edge of the Earth
Inside look at Mesoloft Based out of Lexington, Kentucky, Mesoloft is a company that that takes cremated remains fifteen miles above the earth, almost into outer space and...
Mesoloft Scatters Ashes at the Edge of Space
LEXINGTON, KY – Mesoloft, a Kentucky-based company launching cremated remains into the atmosphere, is introducing a 360-degree camera to capture the scattering of ashes like never before. Customers...
NFDA Cremation and Burial Report Shows Rate of Cremation at All-time High
Brookfield, Wis. (July 18, 2017) – The rate of cremation in the United States is at an all-time high and surpassed the rate of burial for the second...
Chicago Archdiocese Opens First Cremation Garden in a Cemetery
Originally Published on Chicago Tribune Amid the sound of cascading water, Claire Thom and her sister Lori Van Buren ambled through a maze of orange day lilies, bronze...
Exclusive Interview: Parting Pro, Blowing Up the Way Funeral Homes Close Cremation Families
Tyler Yamasaki, the CEO of Parting and co-founder of Parting Pro, gave us the inside scoop on their business adventure thus far. Parting is a website that compiles...
The U.S. Cremation Rate Exceeds 50%. Now What?
CANA’s member-exclusive Annual Statistics Report Preview, just published in May, shows that 2016 was the year the U.S. cremation rate exceeded 50%. The profession has been anticipating this...