West Des Moines, Iowa — Homesteaders Life Company, a national leader in preneed funeral funding, has announced the recipients of its annual Homesteaders Heroes awards. The peer-nominated awards...
Ancient history’s monuments to dead leaders were typically, well, monumental. Nowhere on earth is that as evident as it is in Egypt. Great Pyramids of Giza are arguably...
In October, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it is considering amending the Funeral Rule to require funeral service providers to post prices online. Within hours, deathcare professionals...
Funeral Directors have an opportunity to educate the public about the importance and value of meaningful memorialization. Brookfield, Wis. – In the second edition of its “Value of a...
Welcome to the sixty-third edition of Morticians’ Monday Morning Mashup, 4M #63, where we’ll serve up bite-sized, easily-digestible nuggets of the deathcare news you need to crush conversations...
It’s Black Friday! That means yesterday was Thanksgiving! I hope it was a good time for all and you’re enjoying some time spent with family and friends.We’ll keep...
Humans have a long history of creative memorialization of the dead, frequently involving above-ground burial. The extravagance of some memorials, such as were recently explored on this very...