Unqualified Undertakers Working Out of Their Loungerooms
AUSTRALIA - SELF-declared undertakers with no qualifications or experience are setting up shop in their lounge rooms to cash in on the lucrative funeral industry. Major Queensland funeral...
Is the Economy Really Putting the Deathcare Industry In a Recession?
When I used to tell people that I worked in the deathcare industry, they would all say the same thing: ?I guess you will always have plenty of...
The summer of celebrity deaths?
One after the other, they were dying: Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett and Ed McMahon, all in the same week earlier this summer. Next were Walter Cronkite, John Hughes...
Illinois Newspaper Has an Opinion: Have a Single Agency Regulate Death Industry
IT SEEMS to be almost unanimous: The Illinois comptroller should not be in charge of regulating the state?s cemeteries. Instead, regulatory authority should be placed solely in the...
Families Must Deal With End-of-Life Issues Before It?s Too Late
GUEST POST - When I was growing up, my parents laid down the guidelines of behaviors and responsibilities, conveyed both explicitly and implicitly. Like many families, we were...
Hotel Rooms for NFDA International Convention & Expo Going Fast
Funeral professionals planning to attend the 2009 National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) International Convention & Expo, October 25-28 in Boston, Mass., who have yet to make their hotel...
To Casket Or Not To Casket? One Of America’s Great Field Biologists Thinks About Burial
Bernd Heinrich knows his way around the woods. He has been studying beetles, caterpillars, moths, ravens, beetles, geese, bees, trees, beetles, and crows for years (and yes, I...
Recession Drives 65% Cremation Increase
Funeral homes have seen a drastic increase in the less expensive cremation option over full burial year-over-year, some experiencing an almost 65 per cent increase, Tribune Business was...
Funeral Home Owner Finds Humor in Afterlife, Not A Downer Business
Robert Herr prizes his collection of jewelry made from the hair of the dead. That's not as morbid as it sounds. Herr, 63, is an undertaker and avid...
Pet Funerals And Cemeteries Significant Growth Segment In Funeral Services Industry According To Leading Expert
The Wall Street Transcript has just published its Funeral Services and Tax Preparation Report offering a timely review of the sector to serious investors and industry executives. This...