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Lisa Carlson, Longtime Funeral Consumer Advocate, Dies at Age 86

Posted on June 7, 2023

Below is the obituary for Lisa Carlson, the former executive director of the Funeral Consumers Alliance. You can also read a tribute that Joshua Slocum wrote for Carlson by clicking here. Lisa Carlson died peacefully at home June 4, 2023, at the age of 86, having been cared for by…

Todd W. Van Beck, ‘America’s Funeral Director,’ Dies at Age 71

Posted on May 24, 2023

By Thomas A. Parmalee The internet lit up in a gush of sadness, admiration and respect as word spread that perhaps the world’s best-known funeral director, Todd W. Van Beck, died unexpectedly May 23. He was 71 years old. While he was not born into the profession, Van Beck was…