Grief Has No Age
Article originally appeared on National Alliance for Grieving Children "Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other" - Walter Elliot I remember...
What is Passare and How Are They Reimagining the Funeral Experience?
Funeral care providers are facing a number of changes and challenges in the profession today. Families are dispersed throughout the country, making it difficult to gain consensus on...
Death Is Not The End: Fascinating Funeral Traditions From Around The Globe
Article by Kate Torgovnick May, Originally appeared on TED The funerals I’ve attended have all been very much the same. Relatives and friends arrive in all black and...
OGR Announces New Family Contact Program Designed For Independent Funeral Homes
June 30, 2015– Austin, TX – The International Order of the Golden Rule (OGR) has been gearing up for the launch of its new Family Contact Program for...
Nonprofit Mortuaries Are Helping Cash-Strapped Families Honor Their Dead
Article by Simon Davis, Originally appeared on Vice.com When Nantucket resident Nancy Holmes's mother died in September 2014, she called the nearest funeral home to make arrangements. But...
Celestis Is Planning Their Second Memorial Spaceflight to the Moon
Article originally appeared on The Celestis Blog Lovers meeting in the moonlight, kids gazing at the Moon through their telescopes, dreamers wishing they could visit Earth’s closest astronomical...
6 Reasons Why You Need a Social Media Manager
The social media world is complicated, and what might be right for your funeral business may not be right for another. This is why some businesses utilize the...
Supreme Court Ruling on Same Sex Marriage and What it Means for the Deathcare Profession
Article and White Paper provided by: Poul Lemasters, Lemasters Consulting On June 26, 2015, the US Supreme Court put into law a monumental change: same-sex marriage is legal. What does this...
8 Facts On Baby Boomers That Could (And Should) Change Your Funeral Business
Article by Rochelle Rietow, funeralOne Blog A great American novel once said “you’ll never really understand a person until you consider his point of view… until you climb into...
Carnival does hundreds of burials at sea each year
Article originally appeared on USAToday.com It may sound like an odd cruise trend, but a growing thing for Carnival Cruise Lines passengers is scattering cremated ashes of loved ones at...