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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 room, the chapel and the graveside service. They […]
By Thomas A. Parmalee Artificial intelligence has moved from novelty to utility with remarkable speed. For cemetery operators and funeral directors — professionals whose work is rooted in tradition and […]
Mangano Family Funeral Homes is pleased to announce the addition of Dominic Carella as general manager for the funeral home’s Deer Park, Middle Island, and Riverhead locations in New York. […]
Dead Ringers, a leader in telephone excellence training for the funeral profession, is honored to announce that Kathi Wells, a nationally respected trainer and consultant in the preneed sales and […]
FINANCE
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Every year, more than 3 million American families face the loss of a loved one — and the complex financial... -
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...
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By Andrew Kennedy, senior loan officer, Live Oak Bank During the sale of a funeral home, the seller and buyer must...
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By Thomas A. Parmalee Teresa Carlson, one of the most recognizable bankers in funeral service, has worked at The Bancorp for...
MARKETING
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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”...
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FuneralVision.com is offering several noteworthy URLs related to the death-care profession for sale. The following URLs are available: FuneralEducator.com CemeteryOptions.com CremationDeals.com CemeteryDeals.com Thomas Parmalee, founder of...
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By Rick Gershman, Vice President of Messaging and Content for Ring Ring Marketing A chainsaw is a wonderful tool. It’s the...
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By Thomas A. Parmalee Angela Human and Autumn Rothermel met for the first time a couple years ago at a digital...
PRENEED
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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...
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Global Atlantic Financial Group, a leading insurance company meeting the retirement and life insurance needs of individuals and institutions, announced...
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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Mangano Family Funeral Homes is pleased to announce the addition of Dominic Carella as general manager for the funeral home’s...
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Dead Ringers, a leader in telephone excellence training for the funeral profession, is honored to announce that Kathi Wells, a...
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Grief touches many parts of our lives, sometimes visibly and sometimes in quiet, unseen ways. It may arise from death,...
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Chptr, the company restoring community memorial announcements to America’s most trusted local media platforms, recently announced the launch of Chptr...
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The National Funeral Directors Association is accepting applications through April 30 for the 2026–27 National Emerging Leaders Program, a year-long...
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Doric Vault welcomed dealers from across its network for a two-day meeting held in February 2026 at the company’s Classic...
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The National Funeral Directors Association has announced a new endorsed provider partnership with Consumer Adjustment Company Inc. (CACi), expanding the...
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The National Funeral Directors Association Leadership Development Committee has announced the slate of qualified candidates for open positions on the...
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Funeral Women Lead recently announced the appointment of Erin M. Wilson as its senior director of education and program strategy....
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 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...
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By Jay Jacobson January 20 is Last Responders Day. It’s a moment to pause and recognize a group of professionals whose leadership...
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Leadership in funeral service rarely announces itself. It shows up in preparation, restraint, consistency and presence long before it’s tested...
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By Jay Jacobson A quiet shift, a deeper calling I still remember when a family sat across the desk from me, papers...
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...