Lessons to Learn From This “Misleading” Direct Cremation Ad
A UK advertising authority has banned a direct cremation company’s ad, finding that the commercial implied that more services were included than what was actually being advertised. The...
Funeral Industry News
Thumbies’ New Gold Vermeil Options Help Funeral Professionals Serve More Families with Premium Personalized Jewelry
Woodstock, IL. — Thumbies, A Messenger Family Company, has announced the launch of Gold Vermeil (pronounced “ver-MAY”) as a new material option within its personalized memorial jewelry collection,...
Motivate and Retain Your Staff
CANA Convention Session on how to better educate, train and mentor the next generation WHEELING, IL— Estimates suggest anywhere from one-third to three-quarters of all new licensees leave funeral service...
OGR Receives ISAE STAR Award for Rest Assured: The Funeral Profession Podcast Rebrand
INDIANAPOLIS (July 7, 2026) - The International Order of the Golden Rule (OGR) has been honored with a 2026 Indiana Society of Association Executives (ISAE) STAR Award in...
Anthem Partners Announces Strategic Partnership with Family Shield
Collaboration Provides Funeral Homes with Financing Solution That Benefits Families and Funeral Providers Frisco, TX — July X, 2026 – Anthem Partners today announced a strategic partnership with...
Precoa preplans its 1,000,000th family
PORTLAND, Ore. – Precoa is celebrating prearranging its one millionth family together with leading funeral homes across the nation. For over two decades, the national leader in preneed...
Torrential Rains & 6-Day Funerals | 4M #248
Welcome to the two-hundred-and-forty-eighth edition of Morticians’ Monday Morning Mashup, 4M #248, where we’ll serve up bite-sized, easily-digestible nuggets of the deathcare news you need to crush conversations...