Death midwives help families cope with end-of-life care
Gloria Christianson remembers vividly the moment her son Scott passed away. "Somebody came out and called me back into the room and said, 'It's time.' I sat down,...
Funeral Industry News
Sauder Funeral Products Expands Their Line With Three New Classic Casket Designs
ARCHBOLD, Ohio – Sauder Funeral Products, a wholly-owned entity of Sauder Woodworking Co., has introduced a trio of new caskets in classic designs. Similar styles have been on...
Designer Wants To Bring Intimacy To Grieving With a Sex Toy That Holds Cremated Remains [This is True]
How do you want to be remembered when you die? And what memorial would you choose? How about having your ashes used in a sex toy, so your...
Online Memorial Platform QEEPR Makes Tribute Integration Free For Funeral Homes
Montreal, QC – April 27, 2015 - Canadian based tribute website platform, Qeepr, has extended its offering to allow funeral homes an alternative way to publish media rich...
Ellis, Remkus Receive ICCFA Pet Loss Pioneer Awards
STERLING, VA (April 27, 2015)—The International Cemetery, Cremation and Funeral Association Educational Foundation presented Coleen Ellis, CPLP, and Bill Remkus, CPLP, with Pet Loss Pioneer Award during the...
China Says Please Stop Hiring Funeral Strippers
In China, friends and family of the deceased may have to do without a special form of funereal entertainment: strippers. According to a statement from the Ministry of...
Funeral Service Foundation Awards Record Number of 2015 NFDA Professional Women’s Conference Scholarship Recipients
Brookfield, Wis. – In alignment with its mission to fund projects and programs that support all of funeral service in building meaningful relationships in the community the Funeral Service...