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4 days ago · Bill introduced to raise Social Security Death Benefit. By Funeral Director Daily | October 7, 2024. It’s been almost 100 years since Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Bill into law in 1935. And, contrary to what most people believe, there was a “Lump Sum Death Benefit”….
SCI adds San Antonio funeral home locations
Sep 30, 2024 · SCI adds San Antonio funeral home locations. Last week we noticed in this short announcement from Market Screener that Houston-based Service Corporation International (SCI) had acquired the Porter Loring Mortuaries based in San Antonio, Texas.
Batesville moves to expand services to funeral homes, acquires …
Sep 10, 2024 · Batesville moves to expand services to funeral homes, acquires Halcyon. Roughly 18-months into their journey as an individual operating company, Batesville has made their first acquisition. And, it should come as no surprise that the acquisition expanded the company’s technology offerings.
Shared values leads to succession choice | Funeral Director Daily
Sep 16, 2024 · According to this press release it appears that one of the reasons that the Johnson-Romito Funeral Homes chose Busch Cremation, Burial, and Pre-Planning as their successor firm is the funeral homes’ common values and membership in the Order of the Golden Rule funeral home membership organization.
Death Done Differently - Funeral Director Daily
Sep 9, 2024 · Funeral Director Daily take: So, what is it that makes these store-front funeral homes attractive to the former clientele of much more traditional mortuaries? Is it the minimalist thoughts about services and the seemingly interest by the eventual decedent, with encouragement by the provider, to “do it their way?”
Investors prove wary of traditional funeral home stocks in 2023
Jan 8, 2024 · Those in the funeral and cemetery business know that interest rates and inflation have raised the cost of doing business for most traditional funeral homes and cemeteries.
funeral home acquisitions | Funeral Director Daily
Aug 2, 2024 · It was recently announced in this article from the Fillmore County Journal that Hoff Funeral and Cremation Service recently acquired the former Riley Funeral Homes in both Lanesboro and Chatfield, bringing their number of locations in southeast Minnesota to eight.
Start-up is producing biodegradable mushroom caskets for …
Aug 27, 2024 · Justice’s farm is producing biodegradable caskets made from fungi, hemp, and mushroom mycellium. By the time the caskets are hardened after being put in a “kiln” they are available for shipment to your funeral home. Here’s the website introducing Setas Eternal Rest as the product is called.
Illinois funeral home owner says selling to friends “. . makes it ...
Oct 4, 2024 · We learned of an interesting sale/acquisition story that happened recently in Illinois. This article from the Mendota Reporter will tell you of the sale of the Merritt Funeral Home to the Unger-Horner Funeral Home.
The Funeral “Experience”: Creating Value or Angst
Oct 1, 2024 · In those cases, and especially if funeral homes cannot deliver the expected “experience” we leave ourselves vulnerable to this wave of “Experiangst”. And that angst could show up as poor social media reviews or bad word of mouth comments by clientele.