Brookfield, Wis.--The Funeral Service Foundation (FSF) awarded five scholarships for attendance to the 2011 NFDA Professional Women's Conference, held April 1-3 in Alexandria, Virginia. Recipients of the 2011...
Did you see CNN last week? My good friend, Jim Rudolph, made me aware of their latest finding! Grand-puppies! The latest demographic to emerge in this crazy pet...
Last week, the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) concluded that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) draft health assessment of formaldehyde required "substantial revision." The NAS disagreed with...
An undertakers' firm have been accused of lacking respect after three workers left a corpse in a coffin in supermarket car park - while they went inside for...
Carriage Services, Inc. announced today that it has acquired Stanfill Funeral Homes ("Stanfill") located in Miami, FL. For more than half a century, Stanfill has been an important...
Wilbert Funeral Services, Inc. in Broadview, Illinois announced the following promotions and reorganization. Terry Whitlock, 25 year veteran of the Company, and formerly Interim President, will take on...
NEW ORLEANS -- A federal court will decide whether an order of Benedictine monks can make and sell caskets without a state license. The monks of St. Joseph...
Bob Healy knew that putting a funeral home in a deserted strip shopping center would be a bit unorthodox, but he said he had a good reason to...
Carriage Services, Inc. announced today that it has acquired the Schooler Funeral Group located in Amarillo, Texas. The business was established by the former owner, Jim Schooler, who...
I have been giving quite a few social media presentations the last few months and one of the most common concerns funeral directors have about using social media...