Thinking Outside the Box – Podcasting Obituaries?
Yesterdays article "Finally a Obituary Worth Reading" sparked a lot of conversation and feedback. One of the emails I received was from a member who has started to...
160 Years Later, Edgar Allen Poe Gets Overdue Funeral
BALTIMORE ? For Edgar Allan Poe, 2009 has been a better year than 1849. After dozens of events in several cities to mark the 200th anniversary of his...
WMA Collects Industry Data from 480 Funeral Home Professionals
Wilbert Manufacturers Association (WMA), the voice of the Wilbert licensee network, today announced results of a landmark survey on funeral director attitudes regarding both consumer product interests and...
Former Body Parts Supplier Sentenced to 8 Years
Philip Guyett, who pleaded guilty in March to mail fraud for his handling of human tissue he recovered at funeral homes and then sold for use in bone...
Finally, An Obituary Worth Reading!
Finally, an online obituary that doesn't put me to sleep. Generally obituaries are standard and pretty boring. Rarely does an obituary really tell you anything about the deceased....
Business Down at Some Pet Cemeteries?
In a drizzling rain, family and friends gather around an open grave to bid farewell to Rusty.The 5-year-old dachshund from Boca Raton died after suffering an injury to...
What is That?
Alzheimer?s - Many of us have to face the cruelty of this disease everyday, maybe it is with someone in our own family or someone in a family...
Australian Funeral Directors Getting Bad Name Because of Amateurs?
IT IS the $1 billion-a-year industry where business is guaranteed never to dry up. But scratch beneath the compassionate mission statements and carefully worded slogans used by those...
Funeral Home Director’s Bookkeeper Charged With Racketeering, Larceny
The bookkeeper for an East Hartford funeral home director under investigation for allegedly stealing valuables and money from the homes of dead people was arrested Thursday and charged...