Being A Jerk To Grandpa; How To Run A Family Business
We are sharing this article as we feel it applies to many of those in funeral homes across the USA and the world. The funeral profession has traditionally...
Photo Challenge: Hearse Selfie
In our constant effort to expand the engagement we have with our readers and to push the creative limits of our profession we are announcing our very first...
Dead Skelton, Skellie, Has 173K Instagram Followers and It’s Amazing
An expert in the fine art of being basic, Skellie is a girl about town who means it when she says she's "literally dead." http://instagram.com/p/wCJieiIoCk/ And...
New Year Brings New Winners of Second-Career Scholarship from Selected Independent Funeral Homes Educational Trust
Trust receives significant donation from Richard Tetrick on behalf of his late father to establish the Donald W. Tetrick Second Career Scholarship DEERFIELD, ILL. — January 12, 2015...
Japan’s Funeral Industry Is Cashing In On The Need and Want Of High-Tech Death
Japan has the oldest population in the world and in the next 50 years it is set to shrink by 40 million, leading to its end-of-life industry booming....
6 Books That Will Change The Way The World Looks At Death
Article by: Rochelle Rietow, funeralOne Death is the least understood subject known to man. And it’s pretty rare that people want to talk about it, think about it,...
Stop The Funeral She’s Gay; Should Sexuality Matter in Funerals?
LAKEWOOD — Hundreds of Vanessa Collier's friends and family gathered Saturday at New Hope Ministries, sitting before an open casket that held the woman they loved, when suddenly...
ICCFA, Colma Education Partner To Offer Live Streaming Video and Recordings Free to Wide World of Sales Conference Attendees
STERLING, VA (January 9, 2015) – The International Cemetery, Cremation and Funeral Association has partnered with Colma Education to offer attendees of the ICCFA Wide World of Sales...
Addison Templeton Promoted to Vice President at FDLIC
Funeral Directors Life Insurance Company (FDLIC) is proud to announce the recent promotion of Addison Templeton to Vice President of Administration. Addison joined the FDLIC team in 2012...
Throwback Thursday Cremation Edition: Gorham Bronze foundry
A circa 1930s photo of a worker at the Gorham Bronze foundry in Providence, Rhode Island. Until the mid-1970s, bronze was the primary medium for creating cremation urns....