A Few Laughs For The Summer | FFFW #94
We made it to the weekend after the Holiday weekend. This is the weekend where you spend the whole time either saying “Can you believe the 4th was...
Funeral Industry News
Henrietta Smith Bowers Duterte Paved The Way for All Women
When Henrietta Duterte lost her husband Francis, a coffin builder, undertaker, and business owner, to consumption in 1858, she inadvertently became the country’s first African American woman mortician. ...
Cremation Trends And Statistics for Your Business
WHEELING, IL— It’s old news now that cremation is the preferred disposition for the majority of Americans. In fact, the 2021 Milestone Report from the Cremation Association of...
BURMEISTER APPOINTED HOMESTEADERS LIFE COMPANY VICE PRESIDENT-MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS
West Des Moines, Iowa — Lyndon Peterson, Executive VP-Sales and Marketing for Homesteaders Life Company, today announced the promotion of Danielle Burmeister to Vice President-Marketing & Communications. “Over...
Funeral Service Foundation Doubles Number of Scholarships Available to Attend the NFDA International Convention & Expo, and Announces Celebrant Training Scholarships
Twenty NFDA International Convention & Expo Scholarships are available to funeral directors licensed in the US or Canada, and 10 Celebrant Training scholarships are available to celebrants affiliated...
Join Your Colleagues in Baltimore for the 2022 NFDA International Convention & Expo
Never More Education. Never More Networking. Never More Exhibitors. Brookfield, Wis. – Registration and housing are open for the 2022 National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) International Convention & Expo....
Death Care Artisans: Centuries of Intergenerational Craftsmanship
New generations of artisans are keeping traditional rituals alive, protecting old ways of honoring the dead in ways and reflecting the culture in its current forms. Gift-giving, Afterlife-style...