How Hospice Inspired The Business Model For A Cremation Company
By Vinnie Faccinto, Senior VP of Operations and Business Development for Smart Cremation. It wasn’t that long ago that people who had terminal illnesses were taken out of...
Funeral Homes Increasingly Using Dogs to Comfort Mourners
Article by Jim Fitgerald, Associate Press Sandy Del Duca was mourning the death of her father when Lulu, a curly haired goldendoodle, came bounding down the stairs at...
The Ultimate List of Senior Discounts for People Over 50
Article by Steve Herman, Mogul As I was waiting in line behind an older gentleman at Wendy's recently, I heard him ask for his senior discount. The girl...
What Funeral Directors Wish They Could Tell Families About Planning A Funeral
Article by Joe Joachim, funeralOne As funeral professionals, we know that planning a funeral can feel like one of the most confusing, stressful and overwhelming tasks that your families will...
The ‘See-Thru’ Casket Company, Clear View Casket, Launches Heavenly Rental
We are pleased to announce the launching of our RENTAL CASKETS, known as the HEAVENLY CASKET and our standard clear view caskets, which offer the flexibility of customizing...
FDLIC Recognized as a 2015 “Best Place to Work for Millennials”
ABILENE, TX – Funeral Directors Life Insurance Company (FDLIC) has been recently recognized as one of the Best Places to Work for Millennials for 2015, a national awards...
10 Famous People Who Were Afraid They’d Be Buried Alive
Article by Bess Lovejoy, Mental Floss Hans Christian Andersen, George Washington and Renoir: just some of those who feared being buried alive... The fear of being buried alive...
Moving Beyond The Traditional Obituary: Painful But Powerful Pleas For Individual And Social Change
Article by Frazer Consultants Over the past few weeks, there have been a number of news reports and social media shares regarding notable obituaries. These obituaries are notable...
More Than 2,000 People Certified By ICCFA As Crematory Operators And Cremation Arrangers
STERLING, VA (June 9, 2015)—Over the past two years, 2,072 people have completed one the International Cemetery, Cremation and Funeral Association’s three cremation certification programs: Crematory Operator, Cremation...
New urn vault cover designs offer more personalization
Danville, Illinois – Trigard is excited to announce the transformation of their Trilogy® and Reflection® urn vault covers. The updated designs make it easier for families and funeral...