National Veterans’ Cemeteries Under Pressure to Expand
SAN DIEGO ? National cemeteries for veterans are under unprecedented pressure to expand. But suitable land in Southern California is not easy to come by. Fort Rosecrans is...
Funeral Industry News
NFDA Negotiates New Lower Convention Hotel Rate for Attendees Offers Money-saving Discount
With registration rates that are, in most cases, much lower than 2008, and hotel rates starting at $140 per night, the National Funeral Directors Association is offering even...
Funeral Home Sends Wrong Body to Funeral
A Melbourne woman is fuming and a funeral parlour has been left "mortified" after the wrong bodies were delivered to two open-coffin viewings last week. A caller to...
50% Decrease in Funeral Spending According to NFDA
Story goes that during the Great Depression, families would pay for funerals with chickens and ham. A few kind people would even bury loved ones for free. But...
Death and Dollars: Charlotte Leads The Nation When it Comes to Burial, Cremation Costs
When Service Corp. International, the nation's largest funeral-home chain, bought its biggest competitor in 2006, it took a commanding stake in the Charlotte market and promised to provide...
Innovation In The Funeral Industry: Should You Avoid Start-Up Companies? – Ryan Thogmartin
Are funeral industry start-ups beginning to scare you? Historically they have been few and far between but, as our industry continues to change and progress, more start-up companies...
Tributes.com & FuneralNet form Partnership to Deliver Best-in-Class Online Obituary Solutions
Tributes.com, the online resource for local and national obituary news, announced today that they have established a strategic partnership with FuneralNet, the original and largest provider of custom...