The proposed merger of Selected Independent Funeral Homes (Selected) and the National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA), which was announced to the public and to members on July 29,...
After 18 months of steering committee meetings, due diligence research, and thoughtful option-weighing, the National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) and Selected Independent Funeral Homes (Selected) announced on July...
Our thanks to Anna Ciboro for this guest post. Anna Ciboro is the consultant and writer behind Marketing the Unmarketable. Death. Grief. Trauma. The industries built around the...
Dan Madden, owner of Stark Memorial in Salem, Ohio and the face behind the viral social media brand "Dan the Funeral Man," sits down with Ryan Thogmartin of...
Sometimes, when viewing the deceased, families can be quite surprised by the changed appearance of a loved one’s face. The loss of tone as facial muscles relax is...
Deathcare professionals understand that grief does not follow a script; it doesn’t even follow Elisabeth Kubler-Ross’s original step-by-step pattern. However, no matter how someone “does” grief, it doesn’t...
Funeral service is not behind because it lacks ways to reach families. The tools and channelsare there; the challenge is how disconnected they are. That tension was at...