Funeral Flip-Flops Are the New Trend | FFFW #86
Oh no! Look at the calendar… it’s Friday the 13th! So watch for the cracks in the sidewalks, don’t stand under any ladders, and keep an eye out...
Dust to Dust: Deconstructing Decomposition
How long does it take a decomposing body to return fully to the earth? We’re talking old-school decomp, here, excluding processes like cremation in any of its forms. ...
A.M. Best Company Affirms Homesteaders’ Financial Strength
West Des Moines, Iowa — A.M. Best Company, a global rating agency focused on the insurance industry, has announced the affirmation of Homesteaders Life Company’s financial strength rating...
The 50 Oldest Funeral Homes in the U.S.
Funeral homes pride themselves on centuries or perhaps decades (even centuries) of work and carrying a name that reflects community service. Exactly makes an establishment eligible for this...
Health, Safety and Service: Peer Support Meeting
WHEELING, IL—Recently released data estimates that nearly 60% of Americans have been infected with COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic. For a profession committed to comforting people...
ICYMI: 10 Saturday Night Live Funeral Sketches Ranked Best to Worst
When we read this blog by Jess Farren (Fowler) on the The ASD Blog, we thought it was too good not to share with our Connecting Directors audience!...
Toothless Skulls & Dictator Chickens | 4M #34
Welcome to the thirty-fourth edition of Morticians’ Monday Morning Mashup, 4M #34, where we’ll serve up bite-sized, easily-digestible nuggets of the deathcare news you need to crush conversations...
Your Wallpaper is Too Old | FFFW #85 (The ’80s Summer)
Would you look at that! It’s the first week of May AND we’re five issues deep into the ’80s. Wow, time flies by. That means today we’re bringing...
What Are Public Companies Doing to the Profession? (Feat. Tom Anderson) | Funeral Nation 248
It’s episode 248 and we’re feeling great, I just need to state there’s no need to hesitate, if you’re looking for news you’ve found your place! The boys...
Wilbert Funeral Services, Inc. Acquires Carrera Manufacturing, Inc.
OVERLAND PARK, KS – Wilbert Funeral Services, Inc. (“Wilbert”) is pleased to announce the acquisition of certain assets of Carrera Manufacturing (“Carrera”), also doing business as W&M Manufacturing and Pier-Mac Plastics. Based in Portland,...