More Animal Carcasses Taken From NY `Pet Cemetery’
SELDEN, N.Y. ? Authorities have found 22 more animal carcasses buried in a Long Island backyard. A month ago, 20 dead dogs were uncovered there. Roy Gross of...
Obituaries Are Dead, Rejected Article Gets Published!
In October I posted an article explaining how Ron Hast and Mortuary Management rejected an article I wrote for their publication. Most people knew that me posting the...
Funeral Director Sentenced in Body Parts Case
A funeral director, who had been based in Belleville, was sentenced Monday in Newark to four years probation for his role in the sale of body parts, secretly...
?Well-behaved women seldom make history.? – The AWFD Comes Into Its Own
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich first penned the phrase, ?Well-behaved women seldom make history.? She wrote several books about the lives of women in colonial New England, including A Midwife?s...
Are You Making Your Banker Rich and Your Business Poor?
It is a sad but true fact that many funeral home owners have existing loans that are costing them thousands of dollars every month more than they should...
Cooperative Funeral Fund – 20 Year Celebration on the Boston Harbor
(Madison, CT) Established in July of 1989, Cooperative Funeral Fund Inc. (CFF) is relied upon by more than 700 funeral homes nationwide to manage the investment, accounting, compliance...
Aussie Undertakers Turn Funeral Business on its Head…Offer Vertical Burial?
A new company is turning the funeral business on its head and will bury people vertically. The unique scheme, about to be launched in Melbourne, Australia, is being...
FuneralPro? – New Funeral Industry Innsurance Program?
NIP Programs, a division of NIP Group, Inc., is pleased to announce a new specialty insurance program designed specifically to serve the Funeral Industry nationwide. This new program,...
The Dignity Memorial(R) Network Honors Four Individuals Who Gave the Gift of Life
Dr. Victor Miranda spent his life caring for others -- as an emergency room physician and medical entrepreneur in Houston, as a father and as a friend. On...
NFDA 2009 International Convention & Expo Sets Records, Including Selling Majority of 2010 Expo Space
The National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) 2009 International Convention & Expo, October 25-28 in Boston, Mass., drew 6,056 total attendees and 365 exhibiting companies. Moreover, anticipation for next...