PBS Documentary on End-of-Life Care Airs Tonight
A new documentary, Facing Death, which was written, produced and directed by Miri Navasky and Karen O'Connor, the women behind the Emmy-award winning FRONTLINE documentary The Undertaking, will...
Body Kept On Ice For Months As Family Blocks Cremation
The body of a 105-year-old woman has reportedly been kept on ice at the Gramercy Park Memorial Chapel because her grandnephew James Pollock refuses to let her be...
Police Bust Racket Involved in Smuggling of Bodies
INDIA - Moradabad police busted a racket involving smuggling of unclaimed and unidentified bodies from the district morgue to some private medical institutions. A doctor and two of...
Legendary Timepieces Announces International Distribution Agreement With Madelyn Company
Legendary Timepieces announces a distribution agreement whereby Madelyn Company will be the sole distributor for their patented, new ?Timeless Memories?? line of memorial wristwatches. This is the first...
Facebook for Funeral Homes: Profile vs Fan Page
I was doing some research on Facebook yesterday, looking to see how funeral homes are using Facebook for their business. What promotional things are they doing? Are they...
FuneralHomes.com Completes Acquisition of DirectCremations.com
FuneralHomes.com, the largest and most trusted funeral home directory in the Unites States, recently announced the completion of their acquisition of DirectCremations.com and their plans for the property....
Are you giving Pet Parents the option to say ?good-bye??
I had a wonderful opportunity to address the Mid-Atlantic Funeral and Cemetery conference last week in Atlantic City. A great group of business people and a fabulous conference!...
Is Your Competitor Sending Out Surveys to Families You Served?
I received the following email from a member, who would of course, like to remain anonymous. It was brought to the funeral homes attention that the families they...
State Board Pulls License of Cemetery Owner Responsible for Field of Bones
PHOENIX ? The funeral home director who has admitted to dumping piles of human remains into sprawling pits at his Bisbee cemetery will not be running the family...
Funeral Home tries to Cater to Gay Funerals With Erotic Caskets
From Germany - A Cologne funeral home is hoping to draw in gay clientele by offering erotic caskets with nude renaissance imagery or rainbow-coloured urns, along with other...