Batesville Coffins? | FFFW 121
Happy January 27th. On this day in 1880, Thomas Edison received a patent for the incandescent lamp. So, if you can see things pretty well past 6 pm-...
Funeral Industry News
The State of the EPA’s Formaldehyde Investigation
You’ve probably heard all about the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) investigation on formaldehyde. You probably also know that since the study began, the National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA)...
The Top 50 Funeral Products Your Families Are Buying From Amazon … And Why
If you still think your only competition as a funeral provider is So-and-So & Sons across town, it’s time to wake up and smell the pre-filled air-cushion packing...
Puzzling Parlors & Powerball Procedures | 4M #71
Welcome to the seventy-first edition of Morticians’ Monday Morning Mashup, 4M #71, where we’ll serve up bite-sized, easily-digestible nuggets of the deathcare news you need to crush conversations...
NFDA Announces Hearse Derby??? (JK) | FFFW 120
It’s issue 120, and today’s date is 1-20… THAT’S WILD. I don’t know if this will ever happen again for hundreds of years, but it happened today, and...
2023 NFDA Professional Women’s Conference: Growing Stronger, Together
Brookfield, Wis. – Women and non-binary individuals who want to build empathy, trust, confidence and resilience in their professional and personal lives should plan to attend the 2023 National...
The Pleasant Surprises of Cold Weather
With all the recent talk about the ways serious cold weather makes life harder in general and increases death care business, it’s easy to focus on the less...