Where Did Our Ideas About Cemeteries Come From?
Nancy Fike, museum administrator of the McHenry County Historical Society, provided some interesting facts about death, funerals and cemeteries from the distant past. The origin of the cemetery...
ThanoSeal Wins NFDA 2010 Innovation Award!
Argent International, Inc. is excited to announce that ThanoSeal has won the National Funeral Directors Association Innovation of the Year Award! NFDA in New Orleans was attended by...
Death Keeps New York Business Alive
Drew Raphael, a third-generation New Yorker, had a love of history, a background in sales and marketing and no job. So what did he do? (more…)
Service Corporation International Announces Third Quarter Results
Service Corporation International, the largest provider of deathcare products and services in North America, today reported results for the third quarter 2010. Our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements...
Funeral director Pyke Wants Case Moved
CLARK COUNTY ? Former funeral home director Rick Pyke is asking that his criminal case be moved from Clark County because of the amount of media attention it...
Funeral Company in Court Over Claim of Racial Discrimination
The biggest player in the Australian funeral industry has been accused of racial discrimination over a secret business strategy targeting the lucrative Asian-Australian market. InvoCare Australia, which owns...
Patrick E. Lynch Installed as President of National Funeral Directors Association
Patrick E. Lynch of Lynch & Sons Funeral Directors in Clawson, Mich., was installed as president of the National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) during its 2010 International Convention...
Be Buried In a Shoe? Its Happening!
A coffin might be your most lasting purchase -- so shouldn't it make a lasting impression? Craftsmen in the African nation of Ghana have gained international acclaim for...
You Aren’t Learning Much When Your Lips Are Moving
How many times have you heard this mantra repeated ... ?Begin every arrangement with ?Tell me about your father/sister/mother?, then lay down your pencil. After the sharing, ask...
You Aren't Learning Much When Your Lips Are Moving
How many times have you heard this mantra repeated ... ?Begin every arrangement with ?Tell me about your father/sister/mother?, then lay down your pencil. After the sharing, ask...