Seven Death-themed Museums to Visit in 2014
From a bulletproof hearse for the Pope to an exhibit on how to build a guillotine to the conjoined liver of Chang and Eng, the museums of America have a lot to offer when it comes to death, here is a...
View Article7 Honest Questions About Death With Caitlin Doughty
For her "Ask a Mortician" video series Los Angeles mortician Caitlin Doughty has spoken candidly about topics like cat cremation and whether or not corpses soil themselves after death (the answer is...
View ArticleBusiness of death care gets a technology makeover
4 August 2014 Last updated at 19:17 ET Business of death care gets a technology makeover By Nicholas Tufnell Death is big business. With more than half a million people in the UK dying each year, the...
View ArticleFuneral home updates facility to match new customs
Today's funeral services often include a variety of high tech features as well as full catering. The Houston Chronicle explores one local company's effort to provide state of the art services to its...
View ArticleCrowdfunding Funerals: What You Need to Know
Crowdfunding is one of the newest methods being used to help defray the cost of final expenses. While there are no official statistics available on how much is currently being crowdfunded for funerals,...
View ArticleFuneral Home Owner Steps Up to the Plate for Little League Champ’s Family
When he found out that the family of Jaheim Benton, a player on the Chicago’s Jackie Robinson West Little League team was forced to leave their home when Jaheim’s mother’s hours as a home care worker...
View ArticleIdeal Death Show encourages consumers to plan their own funeral.
Over the weekend of Sept. 5-7, members of the general public mingled with funeral industry professionals at The Ideal Death Show, a gathering of Britain’s entrepreneurs, pioneers and progressives from...
View ArticleWould you like fries with that funeral viewing?
There is no question that the funeral business is one that is steeped in tradition. So it’s natural that when a service such as drive-thru funeral viewings comes along we're tempted to poke fun at it....
View ArticleSupreme Court declines Pennsylvania funeral industry petition.
On October 8, 2014 the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal intended to overturn outdated laws regulating Pennsylvania’s funeral industry. The case was brought by some 30 plaintiffs who had...
View ArticleHearses, puns and Dolly Parton. Nashville Business Journal reports on the...
From the latest in hearses to an eagle eye spotting of “Dolly Parton”, NBJ reporter Eleanor Kennedy shares her impressions of the 2014 National Funeral Directors Association Convention & Expo which...
View ArticleEbola guidelines pose challenges for funeral industry.
On November 7th the World Health Organization issued updated guidelines for safe burial of Ebola victims. The new guidelines stress the need for safe burials but also address concerns about respecting...
View ArticleThe rise of the funeral live stream broadcast.
Real time broadcast via Internet is the latest trend to be popping up across the funeral industry. What do you think? Is it appropriate to broadcast funerals? The post The rise of the funeral live...
View ArticleJapan’s funeral industry booms with high-tech solutions for ageing population
A recent story published by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation highlights the boom in Japan’s high tech funeral industry. Almost all Japanese people get cremated and have their ashes put into...
View ArticleMuslim Undertakers of East London
In a recent article in the independent journal, Roads & Kingdoms, Liana Aghajanian takes a close look at the world of London's Muslim undertakers. The post Muslim Undertakers of East London...
View ArticleSupreme Court declines Pennsylvania funeral industry petition.
On October 8, 2014 the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal intended to overturn outdated laws regulating Pennsylvania’s funeral industry. The post Supreme Court declines Pennsylvania funeral...
View ArticleHearses, puns and Dolly Parton. Nashville Business Journal reports on the...
NBJ reporter Eleanor Kennedy shares her impressions of the 2014 National Funeral Directors Association Convention & Expo which is taking place in Nashville October 12-15, 2014. The post Hearses,...
View ArticleEbola guidelines pose challenges for funeral industry.
On November 7th the World Health Organization issued updated guidelines for safe burial of Ebola victims. The new guidelines stress the need for safe burials but also address concerns about respecting...
View ArticleThe rise of the live stream funeral broadcast.
Real time broadcast via Internet is the latest trend to be popping up across the funeral industry. What do you think? Is it appropriate to broadcast funerals? The post The rise of the live stream...
View ArticleJapan’s funeral industry booms with high-tech solutions for ageing population
A recent story published by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation highlights the boom in Japan’s high tech funeral industry. Almost all Japanese people get cremated and have their ashes put into...
View ArticleMuslim Undertakers of East London
In a recent article in the independent journal, Roads & Kingdoms, Liana Aghajanian takes a close look at the world of London's Muslim undertakers. The post Muslim Undertakers of East London...
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