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FT has announced the retirement of Mike Miller (pictured at top), chief operating officer of FT North America, effective Sept. 30, 2026, following more than three and a half years […]
As the nation prepares to recognize the contributions of working Americans this Labor Day, Landmark Funeral Group, a growing network of locally operated funeral homes, has launched SHARE, an employee […]
There’s a lot changing in funeral service right now. The question is: Are you prepared for what’s next? That’s why FuneralVision.com is bringing funeral professionals together for “Mastermind: Elevating Your […]
Chptr has announced its expansion into Canada, marking the company’s first market outside the United States and giving Canadian funeral homes access to broadcast memorial technology for the first time. […]
FINANCE
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By Stephen Walter, attorney and co-founder of Sunset As the first professional a family hires after a death, when the service... -
By Stephen Walter, lawyer and CEO of Sunset There’s a form of fraud most families have never heard of until it...
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By Thomas A. Parmalee Deathcare professionals guide families through their darkest hours, orchestrating beautiful services, offering a shoulder to lean on...
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By Thomas A. Parmalee For decades, funeral directors have navigated a delicate tension: helping families create meaningful tributes while confronting the...
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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...
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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...
MARKETING
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By Welton Hong, founder and CEO, Ring Ring Marketing In an earlier article, I went into some detail the steps funeral...
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By Welton Hong, founder and CEO, Ring Ring Marketing There is a temptation with any new marketing opportunity to think the...
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By Joe Weigel, founder of Weigel Strategic Marketing Funeral homes and cemeteries rely on a wide mix of marketing tools to...
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By Welton Hong, founder and CEO of Ring Ring Marketing When funeral home owners ask me whether they should invest in...
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By Welton Hong, founder and CEO, Ring Ring Marketing For years, Google Business Profile has been something funeral homes and cemeteries...
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Every cemetery wants to expand its reach online, but chasing the next viral post isn’t the answer. A new article on...
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By Welton Hong, founder and CEO of Ring Ring Marketing For years, online reviews have been treated as a marketing tool. Today,...
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By Welton Hong, founder and CEO of Ring Ring Marketing For funeral homes and cemeteries, local search is no longer just...
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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...
PRENEED
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By Jack Hirsch, president, Funeral Services, Inc. The demographics driving preneed growth have rarely looked more favorable. The country is experiencing...
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By Thomas A. Parmalee When Jason Troyer speaks with families, funeral homes and cemetery professionals, a common theme emerges: When someone...
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By Thomas A. Parmalee When Dan Lodermeier joined Homesteaders Life Company in 1991, preneed was still finding its footing. Some consumers had...
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By Thomas A. Parmalee Homesteaders Life Company recently issued its 2025 annual report, celebrating its 120th anniversary and updating the deathcare...
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By Thomas A. Parmalee When Homesteaders Life Company made the bold move to join Birch Hill Equity Partners in taking Park...
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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...
TECHNOLOGY
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By Will Swaney AI didn’t write this, but it helps calm the noise of my thoughts and fix my poor grammar. AI...
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By Alan Creedy George had done everything right. He was the second-generation owner of a respected funeral home, and like a lot...
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By Thomas A. Parmalee At just 30 years old, Spencer Haik is attempting something that perhaps no one has accomplished: modernizing...
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By Mandie Hungarland, Chief Operating Officer, Dead Ringers Research shows that 78% of future funeral home customers plan to check you...
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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...
NEWS RELEASES
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FT has announced the retirement of Mike Miller (pictured at top), chief operating officer of FT North America, effective Sept....
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As the nation prepares to recognize the contributions of working Americans this Labor Day, Landmark Funeral Group, a growing network...
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There’s a lot changing in funeral service right now. The question is: Are you prepared for what’s next? That’s why FuneralVision.com is...
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Chptr has announced its expansion into Canada, marking the company’s first market outside the United States and giving Canadian funeral...
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The International Order of the Golden Rule is pleased to announce Johnson Consulting Group as the exclusive sponsor of OGR’s...
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Milestone Funeral Partners is pleased to announce the appointment of Heidi Stebok as HR generalist, welcoming an experienced human resource...
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In August 2026, members of the Cremation Association of North America attending the Annual Meeting at the 108th Annual Cremation...
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Funeral Directors Life is proud to announce Zach Throne as market center manager in Michigan. “We’re happy to have Zach join...
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Funeral Women Lead, the only 501(c)(3) nonprofit foundation dedicated exclusively to advancing, developing and supporting women and those who identify...
CREMATION
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By Thomas A. Parmalee Alan Creedy and Danny Jefferson, two funeral service innovators who host a popular podcast, pondered whether every...
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By Thomas A. Parmalee When Tammy Friedman talks about direct cremation, she doesn’t begin with affordability. She doesn’t start with convenience, online...
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By Thomas A. Parmalee Tom Clayton joined FT North America as director of business development about six months ago, bringing seasoned...
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The Cremation Association of North America continues its commitment to providing accurate and comprehensive cremation statistics to the deathcare profession...
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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...
PEOPLE AND OTHER NEWS
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By Jay Jacobson What executive movement across death care should make us ask about leadership, culture, and the relationships we say...
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When Michael Andersen’s mother wanted to straighten her grandparents’ leaning cemetery monument, his father came up with a simple solution....
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By Thomas A. Parmalee The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office was notified by Illinois and Chicago officials of decedents improperly stored...
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By Thomas A. Parmalee Better-than-expected mortality trends weighed heavily on funeral call volume during the first half of 2026, but executives...
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By Thomas A. Parmalee Matthews International stock fell as much as 6% on Aug. 5 after news began circulating that its...
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As funeral professionals prepare to vote on a proposed merger between Selected Independent Funeral Homes and the National Funeral Directors...
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(At top: Todd Eckert, a licensed funeral director at Heffner Funeral Chapels & Crematory, with drugs that were fraudulently ordered...
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By Thomas A. Parmalee Jessica Miller still remembers the hands. She was 11 years old, standing beside the casket of her mother’s...
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By Thomas A. Parmalee Jimmy Lucas has a title he rarely uses. Yes, he owns one of the largest independent funeral homes...
VIDEO INTERVIEWS
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A new digital approach to managing a loved one’s financial and administrative affairs after death is gaining attention from the...
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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...
