More U.S. Soldiers Killed Themselves Than Died in Combat in 2010
For the second year in a row, more American soldiers?both enlisted men and women and veterans?committed suicide than were killed in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Excluding...
Passages International, Inc. Announces Redesigned Web Site and New Catalog for 2011
As Passages enters its 12th year of business as the recognized global leader for earth-friendly funeral merchandise, we remain dedicated to serving our customers and their families with...
Service Corporation International Launches National Scholarship Program
HOUSTON - (Jan. 26, 2011) - Service Corporation International (SCI) is pleased to announce the company's National Scholarship Program will award $45,000 in scholarships to students currently enrolled...
Private Funerals Now Streamed Online
In an age of commemorating birthdays, weddings and anniversaries on Facebook and Twitter, it was perhaps inevitable that live Web-streaming funerals for friends and loved ones would be...
Stewart Enterprises Making Plans to Go On Buying Spree?
Stewart Enterprises Inc., the second-largest provider of funeral services in the nation, said Wednesday that it will begin considering possible acquisitions and has hired an industry veteran to...
So You Want To Be a Funeral Director
Licensed funeral director and embalmer Jane Ludlow delivered the commencement address to the graduating class of her alma mater, Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science. In it, Ludlow shares...
PIMS to present Spring Con-Ed Seminar: 2011-PIMS Best Practices 101
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Gene Ogrodnik, President & CEO of Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science is pleased to announce its Spring Continuing Education Event entitled 2011-PIMS Best Practices 101. This...
ICCFA Conducts Cremation Arranger Certification Program at Worsham College of Mortuary Science
STERLING, VA (JANUARY 24, 2011) -- The International Cemetery, Cremation and Funeral Association provided Cremation Arranger Certification to 120 students at Worsham College of Mortuary Science in Wheeling,...