Simple Ideas to Get Involved This Memorial Day
The national holiday we now know as Memorial Day started out in the late 1860s as “Decoration Day,” a remembrance of fallen Civil War soldiers held on May...
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Therapy Ponies & Instructional Tattoos | 4M #36
Welcome to the thirty-sixth edition of Morticians’ Monday Morning Mashup, 4M #36, where we’ll serve up bite-sized, easily-digestible nuggets of the deathcare news you need to crush conversations...
Are These Funeral Toys NSF Kids? | FFFW #87
We’ve reached late May. That’s insane. When I was a kid in school I remember thinking adults made too big of a deal out of how fast time...
Selected Leadership Academy Celebrates 10 Years at Leadership Conference
New Participants Welcomed and 2020-2022 Graduating Class Honored DENVER, Colo. – Selected Independent Funeral Homes’ Leadership Academy celebrated its 10th year of developing leaders at its annual Leadership ...
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...
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 …...
Funeral Flip-Flops Are the New Trend | FFFW #86
Oh no! Look at the calendar… it’s Friday the 13th! So watch for the cracks in the sidewalks, don’t stand under any ladders, and keep an eye out...