A 40-Year-Old Rule Just Got Axed — And Deathcare Has Reason to Celebrate
If you've been following the ongoing saga of formaldehyde regulations and what they mean for your embalming room, you'll want to pay attention to what just happened at...
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IMObituary Brings Back the Sympathy Card for the Smartphone Generation
What if a simple text message could help restore one of the most meaningful traditions in funeral service? That’s exactly what IMObituary is setting out to do. IMObituary...
Premier Preneed Marketing Launches Integrity Health Plan for Agents
DALLAS, TX — May X, 2026 — Premier Preneed Marketing, a leading preneed marketing company, announced today that its parent company, Integrity, has introduced the Integrity Health Plan,...
Omnichannel vs. Multichannel in Funeral Service: Why Consistency Across the Family Experience Matters
Funeral service is not behind because it lacks ways to reach families. The tools and channelsare there; the challenge is how disconnected they are. That tension was at...
Marketplace Missteps & Lemonade Markers | 4M #240
Welcome to the two-hundred-and-fortieth edition of Morticians’ Monday Morning Mashup, 4M #240, where we’ll serve up bite-sized, easily-digestible nuggets of the deathcare news you need to crush conversations...
Dehumanizing the Dead or Digital Immortality?: The Ethical Dilemma of Resurrecting Deceased Actors With AI
Val Kilmer, who died in April 2025, will appear in the upcoming independent film As Deep as the Grave as Father Fintan, a Catholic priest and Native American...
Group Grief: Emotional Contagion in Shared Sorrow
In emotionally intense situations like funerals, demonstrations of grief can move through a crowd like a wave. The stronger the despair of others, the more likely those nearby...