Funeral Professionals Are Changing the World … Believe it!
The title of this video may shock you, but it is true. Funeral professionals are changing the world. I just returned from the 2011 NFDA convention in Chicago...
Burr Oak Cemetery Manager Sent to Prison For 12 Years
The convicted ringleader of the macabre Burr Oak Cemetery burial plot-reselling scheme turned herself in today to begin serving her 12-year prison sentence, authorities said. Carolyn Towns, 51,...
Planning That Final Party
When my friend Margaret Goldsmith, a stylish Los Angeles real-estate agent, was battling ovarian cancer, she spent hours on the phone with her sister, Elizabeth, planning the details...
New York Times Releases Steve Job's Eulogy Given By Sister
I grew up as an only child, with a single mother. Because we were poor and because I knew my father had emigrated from Syria, I imagined he...
Genesis Casket Launches Company's Website
Indianapolis - Casket manufacturer Genesis Casket Company is today launching its new website, www.genesiscasket.com. The robust site serves as a powerful brand awareness tool and funeral director resource....
Randall L. Earl Installed as President of the National Funeral Directors Association
Brookfield, Wis. — Randall “Randy” L. Earl, CFSP, of Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Homes of Decatur, Ill., was installed as president of the National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA)...
Atlas of a Funeral Director's Brain
I found the following image on Facebook (courtesy of Funeral Diva: Lori Diaz - http://facebook.com/ms.funeraldirector) and it gave me a much needed laugh. I really think when we...
Fiducial Acquires Federated Funeral Directors of America
Two successful family owned businesses join forces. Fiducial, a family owned accounting firm with over 70 offices in the U.S., acquires the family owned Federated Funeral Directors of...
SLCC Mortuary Science Program First of Its Kind in Utah
SOUTH JORDAN -- Aspiring funeral directors will no longer have to move out of state to get an education once Salt Lake Community College’s new mortuary science program...
Innovations Breathe Life Into Hearse Industry
Commuting can be inconvenient and parking a pain, but like they say about birthdays: better than the alternative. Which for most of us -- whatever our brand loyalty...