Christmas Music Before Thanksgiving? | FFFW 258
We are halfway through one of THE greatest months of the year. I’m personally already getting into the Christmas spirit. The house is decorated, the songs are being...
Funeral Industry News
Flying Farewells: Cremation Air Brings Innovation and Dignity to Aerial Ash Scatterings
When you think of cremated remains scattering from an airplane, you might imagine a cinematic, peaceful moment—a graceful release into the sky. But for most people, that romantic...
Ray Frew, CCFE, Named Recipient of the 2026 ICCFA Educational Foundation Lasting Impact Award
Sterling, VA — November 12, 2025 — The International Cemetery, Cremation and Funeral Association (ICCFA) proudly announces that Ray Frew, CCFE, has been selected as the recipient of...
Navigating the Cremation Surge: Lessons from Dutch Nie and NFDA’s 2025 Cremation & Burial Report
The National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) 2025 Cremation & Burial Report confirms what the deathcare community is witnessing first-hand: cremation is not just growing—it’s reshaping the landscape of...
Community Crowdfunding for Funeral Directors by Funeral Directors
Many funeral homes have experience with a young child passing away in their community. The family inquires about services after this sudden, tragic death of a loved one. ...
Celestis Unveils Mars300: Humanity’s First Memorial Spaceflight to Mars
Continuing 30 years of pioneering space memorials, now, to the Red Planet. Houston, Texas — Celestis, Inc., the pioneer and iconic global provider of memorial spaceflights, announces Mars300,...
Burial Lotteries & Intimidating Mowers | 4M #214
Welcome to the two-hundred-and-fourteenth edition of Morticians’ Monday Morning Mashup, 4M #214, where we’ll serve up bite-sized, easily-digestible nuggets of the deathcare news you need to crush conversations...