2012 Funeral Industry Predictions
With 2011 almost in the bag we want to thank all of our 15,000 readers for supporting our daily funeral industry publication. At the beginning of 2011 we...
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The 15 Most Read Funeral Industry Articles of 2011
2011 was an exciting year for the funeral profession. Our industry as a whole is being forced to continue to progress and embrace new technologies as well as...
A Franchise Breathes Life Into the Casket Business
When Nathan Smith was in high school and college in the mid-1980s, he volunteered at a summer camp for children with muscular dystrophy. It was gratifying work, and...
BBB Warns Area Veterans of Questionable Sales Pitches By Casket Company
St. Paul, MN -- The Better Business Bureau of Minnesota and North Dakota (BBB) has been alerted to an out-of-state casket and funeral supply company, which claims to...
[Discussion] What is Your Funeral Home Doing This Holiday Season for The Grieving Families You Served This Year?
Most funeral homes do something during the holiday season for the families they served that year. Most hold a remembrance memorial service or offer a Remembrance Tree that...
Historic Hearse That Transported President John F. Kennedy To Sell At 41st Annual Barrett-Jackson Auction
Scottsdale, Ariz. -- Barrett-Jackson Auction Company, host of "The World's Greatest Collector Car Auctionsô", will sell another piece of John F. Kennedy history at its 41st Annual Barrett-Jackson...
[Miracles Do Happen] Wynn McBrayer: A Holiday Miracle
In our profession dealing with death and grieving families, sometimes miracles do occur that lighten our heart and deepen our shared commitment to serve. Wynn McBrayer, son of...