Thinking Outside the Box – Podcasting Obituaries?
Yesterdays article "Finally a Obituary Worth Reading" sparked a lot of conversation and feedback. One of the emails I received was from a member who has started to...
Funeral Industry News
160 Years Later, Edgar Allen Poe Gets Overdue Funeral
BALTIMORE ? For Edgar Allan Poe, 2009 has been a better year than 1849. After dozens of events in several cities to mark the 200th anniversary of his...
WMA Collects Industry Data from 480 Funeral Home Professionals
Wilbert Manufacturers Association (WMA), the voice of the Wilbert licensee network, today announced results of a landmark survey on funeral director attitudes regarding both consumer product interests and...
Business Down at Some Pet Cemeteries?
In a drizzling rain, family and friends gather around an open grave to bid farewell to Rusty.The 5-year-old dachshund from Boca Raton died after suffering an injury to...
Australian Funeral Directors Getting Bad Name Because of Amateurs?
IT IS the $1 billion-a-year industry where business is guaranteed never to dry up. But scratch beneath the compassionate mission statements and carefully worded slogans used by those...
The History of Caskets
The casket industry traces its roots back to ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, where wood, cloth and paper were used to make sarcophagus-style burial boxes. In Europe, the Celts...