funeral industry

OMG, a Celebrity Mortician

The funeral industry has a true celebrity, Caitlin Doughty. She is a mortician, a New York Times bestselling author, and…

7 years ago

Funeral music sets the tone and honors the deceased.

It used to be that when it came to choosing funeral music, the funeral director would provide a list of…

9 years ago

Weekly News 8/28/2015: Alison Parker and Adam Ward memorialized

Sadly, the most prominent story of the week was the on air shooting deaths of Virgina news reporter, Alison Parker…

9 years ago

Weekly News 8/21/2015: Lenny Robinson, Route 29 Batman, laid to rest

Route 29 Batman, Lenny Robinson, is laid to rest, three brave firefighters dies near Twisp, Oregon, and Kathy Lee Gifford…

9 years ago

Remembering the fallen firefighters of Twisp, Washington

On Wednesday, August 19th, 2015 three firefighters were lost in a fast moving blaze in Twisp, Washington. The three, like…

9 years ago

Weekly News 8/7/2015: Death midwives, funeral planning

In this week's news we learned about the growing trend in the use of death midwives. Headlines also covered funeral…

9 years ago

Cemetery and funeral home weddings are becoming a trend as the industry looks to expand its offerings.

The funeral industry is opening its doors to life events as well as death events these days. The latest trend--cemetery…

9 years ago

Weekly News 6/19/15: Therapy dogs help ease grief.

The news of the week highlighted the increasing use of therapy dogs in funeral homes to help comfort those grieving…

9 years ago

At the Bonnie and Clyde Museum: Why Louisiana Man Happily Runs a Room Dedicated to Murderers

Ted Prince has devoted his life to Bonnie and Clyde. As a young man he journeyed from Georgia to Gibsland…

9 years ago

Sheryl Sandberg Shares Her Grief

Today Sheryl Sandberg shared an extraordinary essay regarding the lessons she has learned over the month since her husband's death.…

9 years ago

Celebrity Death Hoaxes Just Keep Coming

While celebrity death hoaxes are nothing new, we have seen a dramatic increase in their frequency in recent years. The…

9 years ago

Want to learn more about the funeral industry? Try a funeral industry podcast.

The funeral industry, generally a community tied to traditional business tools and techniques, began to embrace the medium some time…

9 years ago