Ignoring Industry Trends May be Hazardous to Your Wealth
We are now in one of the best and most exciting times to be in the business of death. And we are on the doorstep of one of...
Batesville Casket Raises Patent Infringement Claims
The biggest casket manufacturer in the country is hoping an investigation will close the lid on what it alleges is patent infringement by a Mexican importer. The United...
Auction House Drops Elvis Embalming Tools, SCI Questions Authenticity
A West Loop auction house has canceled the sale of tools purportedly used to embalm Elvis Presley, after a Memphis funeral home disputed a retired embalmer's ownership of...
NFDA Announces Affiliation with KAVOD ? Independent Jewish Funeral Chapels
The National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) is pleased to announce an affiliation with KAVOD ? Independent Jewish Funeral Chapels, a network of independent, family-owned Jewish funeral providers. ?Many...
Reuse and recycle graves?
Given a grave shortage of burial plots, Vancouver is asking residents how they'd feel about recycling the space used for burying loved ones. B.C. regulations don't permit graves...
Hearse Breaks Down With Grandpa In The Back, Family Laughs
Instead of driving along I-95, an entire funeral precession was stuck on the side of the highway Thursday afternoon. The hearse had broken down. In the back of...
Bamboozles, Sacred and Secular
This is a great article from Thomas Lynch that was written yesterday in support of the "Bereaved Consumer's Bill of Rights Act". The House Energy and Commerce Committee...
Autopsy Tools Used on Elvis Go Up For Sale
Autopsy tools used to embalm and prepare Elvis Presley?s body for his funeral in 1977 and a toe tag used on the singer for identification purposes are set...
Connecting Directors Launches the First Funeral Industry-Specific Social Networking Site
Ryan Thogmartin, founder of Connecting Directors (www.connectingdirectors.com) is excited to be bringing full-blown social networking to the funeral industry, with the launch of CDSocial (www.cdsocial.com). ?We?ve literally made...
Living Obituaries: Not All Social Media is about Facebook and Twitter
Xenia Bailey lost her husband Jason to Lymphoma in 2006, after a 10 year courageous battle with the disease. Apparently, Jason?s loss led Xenia to co-found Legacy of...