It Matters: Early Clothing Requests in Conversations With Families
If your services include a final outfit for dressing the deceased, getting everything you need to do that in your hands as early as possible can eliminate a...
Funeral Industry News
NFDA Announces Transition in Cremation Certification Program Leadership
Brookfield, Wis. – After more than a decade of building the profession’s most respected cremation education program, the National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) is implementing a thoughtful leadership...
DiCaprio’s “Death Boom”: Is Hollywood Coming for Deathcare?
Last week, Deadline broke the news that Leonardo DiCaprio, Eli Roth and their respective production partners are teaming up on an exposé documentary about the deathcare profession. Directed by...
Foundation Partners Group Launches Monarch Trade Services to Remove Barriers for Independent Funeral Homes
Affordable, Professional Cremation & Preparation Services Now Available in 10 States ORLANDO, Fla. (February 24, 2026) – Foundation Partners Group, the nation’s second largest provider of funeral services, today announced...
$90 Coffins & Funeral Trains | 4M #229
Welcome to the two-hundred-and-twenty-ninth edition of Morticians’ Monday Morning Mashup, 4M #229, where we’ll serve up bite-sized, easily-digestible nuggets of the deathcare news you need to crush conversations...
Funeral Home Adds “Olympic Podium” to Lobby for “Employee Recognition” | FFFW 269
Happy Friday, y’all! There are just a couple of days left of the Winter Olympics. And if you’re like me, you’re hooked. I’ve been looking into curling clubs,...
Joe Petersen and Leah Weber Named New Homesteaders Account Executives
West Des Moines, Iowa — Homesteaders Life Company Senior VP-Strategic Markets Will Bischoff is pleased to announce that Joe Petersen and Leah Weber have joined Homesteaders’ industry-leading team of...