Trials & Fire | 4M #225
Welcome to the two-hundred-and-twenty-fifth edition of Morticians’ Monday Morning Mashup, 4M #225, where we’ll serve up bite-sized, easily-digestible nuggets of the deathcare news you need to crush conversations...
Funeral Industry News
The ICCFA Experience 2026: Where the Deathcare Profession Comes Together
STERLING, Va. (January 22, 2026) – The International Cemetery, Cremation & Funeral Association (ICCFA) invites deathcare professionals from around the world to the 2026 ICCFA Experience, taking place...
Clair Obscur: When a Video Game Speaks the Language of Grief
For a number of reasons, conversations about grief have increasingly moved beyond funeral homes, therapy couches, and church pews. They’re happening in cafes, bars, films, novels — and...
Cameron Black Becomes Chief Preneed Distribution Officer
Madison, Wis. (January 21, 2026) – National Guardian Life Insurance Company (NGL) is pleased to announce Cameron Black will assume a new title of Chief Preneed Distribution Officer, reporting directly...
Precoa’s Funeral Planning Center kicks off 2026 with record appointments
Just five days into the year, Precoa’s Funeral Planning Center set a record number of appointments in a single day. On January 5, 2026, more than 110 of...
China’s Funeral Regs Update Aims to “Curb Excessive Charges”
The next time a stranger complains to you about the outrageous cost of funerals these days, just tell them they’d better be glad they don’t live in China....
Hydrogen Cremators: The Dutch Are Picking Up Where the UK Left Off
There’s a reason no one wants a crematorium in their neighborhood — and it’s not (always) because they don’t want a reminder of their mortality so close to...