Laying a Child to Rest
The experience of a child’s funeral can be extremely difficult for any mourner. When a child dies at any age, for any reason, it’s a tragedy; illness or...
Funeral Industry News
Sign the Petition to Make Funeral Director Barbie a Reality
Mattel’s iconic Barbie doll is a woman of many talents. She’s a barista and a beekeeper, a firefighter and a florist, a paramedic and a pasta chef …...
Fancy Funeral Liquor & Cremains Cannons | 4M #35
Welcome to the thirty-fifth edition of Morticians’ Monday Morning Mashup, 4M 35, where we’ll serve up bite-sized, easily-digestible nuggets of the deathcare news you need to crush conversations...
Dust to Dust: Deconstructing Decomposition
How long does it take a decomposing body to return fully to the earth? We’re talking old-school decomp, here, excluding processes like cremation in any of its forms. ...
A.M. Best Company Affirms Homesteaders’ Financial Strength
West Des Moines, Iowa — A.M. Best Company, a global rating agency focused on the insurance industry, has announced the affirmation of Homesteaders Life Company’s financial strength rating...
The 50 Oldest Funeral Homes in the U.S.
Funeral homes pride themselves on centuries or perhaps decades (even centuries) of work and carrying a name that reflects community service. Exactly makes an establishment eligible for this...
ICYMI: 10 Saturday Night Live Funeral Sketches Ranked Best to Worst
When we read this blog by Jess Farren (Fowler) on the The ASD Blog, we thought it was too good not to share with our Connecting Directors audience!...