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By Jay Jacobson Pictured at top: The author at age five with Aunt Judy. There comes a moment for many of us in funeral service when grief stops being something […]
The Academy of Professional Funeral Service Practice, the leading credentialing and continuing education organization in funeral service, has officially approved “Mastermind: Elevating Your Funeral Service Business to New Heights” for […]
The International Cemetery, Cremation and Funeral Association is proud to announce the 2026 recipients of its prestigious Century Club Awards, recognizing members whose long-term dedication has helped shape and strengthen […]
Foundation Partners Group is advancing its Pathway to 2028 strategic plan with continued investments in funeral home and care center renovations nationwide. In March, teams in Arizona and Florida hosted grand reopening […]
FINANCE
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By Brent Thomas, Chief Customer Officer, Dead Ringers For any deathcare business — whether you’re a funeral home, cemetery, cremation provider... -
By Thomas A. Parmalee Everstory Partners has released its 2025 Year in Review, outlining a year focused on operational strengthening, property...
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Every year, more than 3 million American families face the loss of a loved one — and the complex financial...
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By Alan Creedy Funeral directors know from experience that, even when a death is expected, there is a period immediately following...
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By Alan Creedy There’s an old saying: “Tell one person a secret and you have a 50% chance it stays a...
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By Thomas A. Parmalee A newly formed funeral service company that includes a well-known figure in the funeral profession and a...
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By Thomas A. Parmalee Phillip Mason still remembers the day that changed everything. “I was helping a family navigate a funeral bill,”...
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By Johnson Consulting Group It’s no secret that many funeral home owners are approaching a crossroads – whether to pass the...
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By Andrew Kennedy, Senior Loan Officer – Live Oak Bank For funeral home owners, understanding and cultivating strong business credit is...
MARKETING
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By Thomas A. Parmalee Funeral homes have long understood the importance of meeting families where they are. Today, that reality spans...
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By Thomas A. Parmalee A funeral home or cemetery’s reputation is no longer defined solely by word-of-mouth. It is quantified, scored...
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By Welton Hong, founder and CEO of Ring Ring Marketing If you run a funeral home, one of the most important...
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By Welton Hong, founder and CEO of Ring Ring Marketing At some point, nearly every funeral home owner asks the same...
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By Welton Hong, founder and CEO of Ring Ring Marketing It started, as many things do today, with a phone call...
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By Thomas A. Parmalee If you work in the deathcare profession, it’s challenging to decide where to spend your time and...
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By Welton Hong, founder and CEO of Ring Ring Marketing In recent years, online reviews have become one of the most...
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By Welton Hong, founder and CEO of Ring Ring Marketing Not long ago, a third-generation funeral home in the Midwest was...
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By Thomas A. Parmalee As competition intensifies and consumer behaviors shift, many funeral homes are discovering that doing “business as usual”...
PRENEED
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National Guardian Life Insurance Company reported continued financial strength, steady growth, and ongoing investment in its preneed insurance segment in its...
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By Thomas A. Parmalee Charlie Greene lost his father, Donald Freeman Greene, at 10 years old, when United Airlines Flight 93...
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By Thomas A. Parmalee Many funeral professionals underestimate how early and how often families engage digitally before making a decision. “The journey...
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By Jack Hirsch, president, Funeral Services, Inc. The funeral service profession is always competitive, and staying ahead means offering more than...
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U.S. final expense life insurance new annualized premium increased 16% year over year to $1.05 billion in 2024, according to...
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By Thomas A. Parmalee Rachel Moring grew up with an awareness of the funeral profession, since her father was in the...
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By Thomas A. Parmalee Tim Bridgers has been named managing director of preneed at Global Atlantic Financial Group, a company spokesman...
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By Thomas A. Parmalee It’s been about six months since Joe Celentano, who formerly worked more than 30 years at Pacific...
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By Thomas A. Parmalee If you’re trying to grasp the significance of Foundation Partners Group’s acquisition of Cake, it’s helpful to...
TECHNOLOGY
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By Thomas A. Parmalee Artificial intelligence has moved from novelty to utility with remarkable speed. For cemetery operators and funeral directors...
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By Thomas A. Parmalee When Eddie Steelman, the owner of Smart Technologies of Florida, started working with a large deathcare provider...
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By Thomas A. Parmalee For years, deathcare professionals have watched consumer behavior shift decisively online. Families now research funeral homes, compare...
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By Thomas A. Parmalee After the funeral service is over, some families discover something unexpected about grief: They miss the voice...
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By Thomas A. Parmalee When OneRoom hired Justin Whatley as its chief revenue officer several months ago, it landed a seasoned...
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By Thomas A. Parmalee Move over ChatGPT … funeral homes looking to boost efficiency with artificial intelligence can turn to ClosureMD,...
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By Thomas A. Parmalee For Zack Moy, deciding who to start Afterword with was more like picking a wife than hiring...
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By Thomas A. Parmalee The CEO of OneRoom, a video streaming platform that enables people from around the world to virtually...
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By John Heald, Chief Growth Officer, Legacy.com When I talk to funeral directors across the country, one thing is clear: the...
NEWS RELEASES
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The Academy of Professional Funeral Service Practice, the leading credentialing and continuing education organization in funeral service, has officially approved...
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The International Cemetery, Cremation and Funeral Association is proud to announce the 2026 recipients of its prestigious Century Club Awards,...
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Foundation Partners Group is advancing its Pathway to 2028 strategic plan with continued investments in funeral home and care center renovations nationwide....
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The Messenger Co is pleased to announce the promotion of Andy Buckman to chief sales officer effective immediately. In this role,...
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Batesville has made an equity investment in Eterneva and formed a strategic partnership with the company to expand access to...
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Foundation Partners Group, the nation’s second-largest provider of funeral services, recently announced the appointments of Ben Brink as chief financial...
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Anthem Partners is pleased to announce the promotion of Roger Baeza to vice president of finance, a role that reflects...
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Park Lawn Corporation can confirm the company made leadership changes to support its next phase of growth, a company spokesperson...
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Death educator, speaker, and author Gail Rubin, known internationally as The Doyenne of Death, announces the release of her newest...
CREMATION
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By Thomas A. Pamalee When Patrick Kane, a former administrator at a private Catholic school, first crossed paths with Andrew Czachor...
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By Thomas A. Parmalee If you own or work at a funeral home that does less than 500 cremations on an...
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The Czachor family, founders of ASD — Answering Service for Directors, have launched a new aviation-based venture: Cremation Air, a...
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By Thomas A. Parmalee Timing is everything – and when the dotcom bust of 2003 hit, it could not have come...
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Americans are choosing cremation more than ever before, setting a new milestone in funeral service trends for 2025. According to...
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FT North America (Facultatieve Technologies) has announced the first of its kind “Hands On” training for crematory operators. Whether you...
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The Cremation Association of North America continues its commitment to providing accurate and comprehensive cremation statistics to the death care...
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By Thomas A. Parmalee It almost sounds too good to be true. FT North America is introducing a new option that will...
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By Thomas A. Parmalee Max Lemper-Tabatsky teamed up with Miles Adams, formerly the head of operations of Tulip Cremation, to launch...
PEOPLE AND OTHER NEWS
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By Jay Jacobson Pictured at top: The author at age five with Aunt Judy. There comes a moment for many of us...
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By Thomas A. Parmalee Edwin Jackson’s mom broke the news to him at age 13: It was time for him to...
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By Thomas A. Parmalee In an era where cremation has become the dominant form of disposition across North America, suppliers to...
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By Thomas A. Parmalee In funeral service, much of the profession’s most important work happens out of sight. Families see the arrangement...
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By Thomas A. Parmalee Jason Troyer still remembers the words that launched him into a career serving deathcare professionals. The grief educator,...
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Martin “Marty” Carl Strohofer, age 53, died Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, after a hard-fought battle with acute myeloid leukemia. A beloved...
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By Jonathan A. Steiner, vice president at Air Esscentials No matter how beautiful the flowers or flattering the words describing the...
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By Thomas A. Parmalee People who donate their brains don’t usually give much thought to the person who will one day...
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By Thomas A. Parmalee When Carriage Services announced a slate of executive promotions and role expansions earlier this year, the moves...
VIDEO INTERVIEWS
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Stephen Walter, the CEO of Sunset, recently participated in a wide-ranging conversation with the founder of FuneralVision.com on how his...
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In a recent in-depth conversation, Celebrate Life Co. founder and CEO Nick Allan outlined his company’s mission to modernize cemetery...
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When Jake Johnson looks back on the 25-year journey of Johnson Consulting Group, he doesn’t just see the growth of...
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Aaron Butler, director of field development at Domani Preneed and one of the keynote speakers at “Mastermind: Elevating Your Funeral...
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Michael Schimmel, the founder and CEO of Sympathy Brands, recently sat down for an interview with FuneralVision.com. During the interview, he...
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Rehan Choudhry, the founder and CEO of Chptr, highlighted noteworthy partnerships with Foundation Partners Group and Tribute Technology in a...
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Danielle Burmeister, vice president of marketing communications at Homesteaders Life Company, recently sat down for a video interview with FuneralVision.com. During...
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Karl Weisenbeck, the longtime president of Funeral Home Gifts, recently sat down for a video interview with the founder of...
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John Heald, a licensed funeral director, former funeral home owner, entrepreneur and longtime executive at Legacy.com, was recently promoted to...