LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill. — More than 300 members and guests of Selected Independent Funeral Homes gathered together virtually for the 2020 Annual Meeting, the association’s first-ever virtual experience, September...
HELLO OCTOBER Y’all, It’s officially October. That means the sweaters are being brought out from the closet, lawns are getting weird scarecrow decorations, and we’ve reached the last...
OVERLAND PARK, KS– Wilbert Funeral Services, Inc. is supporting funeral professionals seeking CEU hours with a new complimentary online program called WilbertEDU™. WilbertEDU fills the gap in this current...
Canadian publication Maclean’s launched a new project that commemorates the more than 9,000 Canadians lost to COVID-19. The obituary project, They Were Loved, aims to honor those who...
West Des Moines, Iowa — Homesteaders Life Company, a national leader in preneed funeral funding, is proud to sponsor the keynote address from bestselling author Simon Sinek at...
One of the many reasons people prefer cremation is the portability of cremains. Families travel and move more often than ever before, and many want to take their...
Our recent story about baseball legend Andre Dawson’s second career as a funeral home owner got us thinking: Have other famous people been drawn to deathcare? We found...
When life hands you dilemmas - you make da lemon aid! This year we were all supposed to meet together and enjoy NFDA in-person in New Orleans. Because...
SUMMER IS OVER… (AND THAT’S OKAY) Yes, this is the final FFFW of September 2020. And that means we are saying goodbye to summer, hello to fall, and...
Brookfield, Wis. – Late yesterday, the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee announced the Burial Rights for America’s Veteran Efforts (BRAVE) Act (H.R. 497/S. 597) has been included in the...