Chicago Eternal: A Sumptuous Tour of Historic Chicago Cemeteries
There may be no better way to learn about a city’s history than by visiting its cemeteries. Few public institutions provide such breadth and depth of social and...
Funeral Industry News
Foresight Funding with Doug Gober! A new way of lending | Funeral Nation 165
Ladies and gents, SUMMER IS OVER! That means the profession is shifting gears into the fall with some exciting announcements! This week, Jim Rudolph joins the duo to...
Homesteaders Launches Finding Resilience Facebook Page
West Des Moines, IA – Homesteaders Life Company has expanded its popular Finding Resilience burnout prevention program to include a Facebook page for funeral professionals seeking to prevent career burnout and compassion fatigue....
Live Streaming Funeral Services: Unsettling or Inevitable?
This summer two popular media outlets — Wired and CBS News — covered the subject of live-streaming funerals. From these features, one might think that broadcasting memorial services...
Three Reasons to Attend the First-Ever Green Funeral Conference in October
The First-Ever Green Funeral Conference, organized by Passages International and the Cremation Association of North America (CANA) is scheduled for October 2-4. If you haven’t already made plans...
Funeral Home Transgender Discrimination Case Heads to Supreme Court
It’s been six years since Anthony Stephens wrote a letter to his boss and coworkers at R.G. and G.R. Harris Funeral Homes announcing his intention to return to...
The Foresight Companies Announces New Elevated Funding Platform for the Funeral and Cemetery Profession
Phoenix, AZ— The Foresight Companies has elevated funeral service lending to a new level by gaining exclusive access to a national financing platform that will match our client’s...