Prioritizing Our Industry’s Mental Wellness
Virtual Funeral Professionals Peer Support Meeting in March 2025 WHEELING, IL— By acknowledging your challenges, you honor your own well-being and enhance your ability to care for others...
Cremation
More Unwanted Attention: Maryland Crematory Shuttered After Horrific Discoveries
It’s been a tough few years for deathcare on the public relations front, with the worst of the bad actors initiating global scandals from Colorado and Georgia, even...
2025 “Death Rocks!” Calendar Offers Daily Levity in Death Care Life
Working in the death care profession is both rewarding and emotionally challenging. Funeral professionals face the weight of helping families through some of their hardest moments while grappling...
Batesville Appoints Company Veteran Matt Wessel to Lead its Growing Cremation Business
BATESVILLE, Ind., October 14, 2024 – Batesville, a leading provider of burial, cremation and technology solutions to deathcare professionals in North America, announced the appointment of Matt Wessel...
Kentucky Funeral Director Fined $580,000 for Performing Hundreds of Illegal Cremations
A former funeral director and mayoral candidate associated with three funeral homes in Indiana and Kentucky has been fined $580,000 by the Office of the Kentucky Attorney General...
CANA Membership Elects Leaders at Annual Meeting
WHEELING, IL— In September 2024, members of the Cremation Association of North America (CANA) attending the Annual Meeting at the 106th Annual Cremation Convention in Chicago re-elected two...
Deathcare Professionals are Sharing Their Personal Parting Stone Stories
In its first five years of existence, Parting Stone has gone from an awe-inspiring idea to a spunky startup to a thriving global phenomenon. Since its start in...