How Artist-made Memorials Can increase Your Revenue – Guest Writer
When a loved one is lost, those who loved that person want to honor the spirit in a special way. When my husband passed away three months ago,...
Website Lists “Top 10 Haunted Cemeteries”
As Halloween approaches, HotelsCombined.com, a hotel search engine, has named its "Top 10 Haunted Cemeteries." So, if you find yourself in one of these destinations at the end...
OSHA Fines Dodge Embalming Fluid Co. $138K
Cambridge, MA - An embalming fluid manufacturer on Cambridge Park Drive has been fined $138,000 after allegedly violating 41 workplace safety and health standards. According to the U.S....
Prepaid Funeral Investigation Expands
An ongoing federal investigation into what federal prosecutors say is a decade-long fraud in the prepaid funeral business expanded Thursday with the indictment of another company executive. Prosecutors...
Crypt Above Marilyn Monroe back Up For Auction
LOS ANGELES ? The crypt above Marilyn Monroe is going back on the auction block. Bidding for the marble mausoleum crypt will start at $500,000 beginning Oct. 19,...
Funeral Home Operators Charged… Stealing From Preneed
LIVONIA, Mich. -- Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy announced Wednesday charges against two funeral home operators. Christopher and Nancy Ziomek, both 54 years old and from Canton Township,...
Family Concerned About Water In Grave At SCI Cemetery
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Kevin Larsen said he was so shocked to see so much water in a grave near his mother's that he grabbed his video camera and...
Service Corp. Agrees To Acquire Keystone North America Inc. For $256 Mln
Service Corporation International (NYSE: SCI), which owns and operates funeral service locations and cemeteries, today announced the execution of a definitive support agreement with Keystone North America Inc....
Technology in Funeral Service and the Evolution of the Obituary: How to Leverage Both to Provide Value-Added Service & Generate Revenue
The Academy of Professional Funeral Service Practice with Wilbert Funeral Services, Tributes.com, Aurora Casket Company and Kates-Boylston Publications invite you to a ?Monster? seminar featuring Jeff Taylor, founder...
A Perspective On The Funeral Business
I found this article online today as I was researching the perspective that the general public has on the funeral industry. It seems that most people just can't...