PBS Documentary on End-of-Life Care Airs Tonight
A new documentary, Facing Death, which was written, produced and directed by Miri Navasky and Karen O'Connor, the women behind the Emmy-award winning FRONTLINE documentary The Undertaking, will...
Funeral Industry News
Body Kept On Ice For Months As Family Blocks Cremation
The body of a 105-year-old woman has reportedly been kept on ice at the Gramercy Park Memorial Chapel because her grandnephew James Pollock refuses to let her be...
Police Bust Racket Involved in Smuggling of Bodies
INDIA - Moradabad police busted a racket involving smuggling of unclaimed and unidentified bodies from the district morgue to some private medical institutions. A doctor and two of...
Facebook for Funeral Homes: Profile vs Fan Page
I was doing some research on Facebook yesterday, looking to see how funeral homes are using Facebook for their business. What promotional things are they doing? Are they...
FuneralHomes.com Completes Acquisition of DirectCremations.com
FuneralHomes.com, the largest and most trusted funeral home directory in the Unites States, recently announced the completion of their acquisition of DirectCremations.com and their plans for the property....
Are you giving Pet Parents the option to say ?good-bye??
I had a wonderful opportunity to address the Mid-Atlantic Funeral and Cemetery conference last week in Atlantic City. A great group of business people and a fabulous conference!...
State Board Pulls License of Cemetery Owner Responsible for Field of Bones
PHOENIX ? The funeral home director who has admitted to dumping piles of human remains into sprawling pits at his Bisbee cemetery will not be running the family...