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Understanding Poor Information Choices in State Associations
Read more: Understanding Poor Information Choices in State AssociationsThis week, an Ohio funeral director made the news for all the wrong reasons. He plans to obtain a liquor license so that he may serve mourners in the funeral home. He said he wants to be able to “provide guests with a livelier vibe if that’s the way they want to celebrate their loved…
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The Dangers of Information Overload: The Impact on Funeral Service
Read more: The Dangers of Information Overload: The Impact on Funeral ServiceFuneral service is a sacred and dignified profession, largely characterized by confidentiality due to its delicate nature. As with many fields, there exists a necessary behind-the-scenes component to our work. Nevertheless, there seems to be an increase in information being posted on social media accounts under the guise of “transparency”. Such posts are predominantly driven…
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Debunking Misleading Articles About Women in Funeral Service
Read more: Debunking Misleading Articles About Women in Funeral ServiceThe notion of “young girls breaking into funeral service” being a novelty is outdated. Currently, half of mortuary school graduates are female, rendering such stories irrelevant. We don’t find it surprising to encounter female professionals in other fields, so there’s no need to perpetuate such old-fashioned ideas when discussing funeral service.
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NYSFDA, Spare Us the TikTok eClips
Read more: NYSFDA, Spare Us the TikTok eClipsLately, the weekly eClips, sent by the NYSFDA, have contained more and more links to embarrassing articles by so-called viral sensations on TiKTok. The most recent article, about a mortuary student who “has lifted the lid” (this expression is gag-inducing) about repairing “injuries on deceased people” with clay (which is not used in actual practice)…
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A “Contemporary” Funeral Home
Read more: A “Contemporary” Funeral HomeWe’ve noticed, recently, several funeral homes billing themselves as “modern” or “contemporary.” They claim to have a new way of doing things; that they are bringing a new awareness to death and making it less sad. Really!? Light and airy reposing rooms will not change the abject sorrow felt by a family whose daughter has…
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A Dying Business
Read more: A Dying BusinessOne upon a time, a young woman walked into a funeral home in Queens, New York. She needed an after-school job to earn some money, while she worked her way through college, and the funeral home was hiring. She had dreams of one day becoming a great writer. Well, if not a great one, at…
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RIP Dr. Jacquie Taylor
Read more: RIP Dr. Jacquie TaylorWe were saddened to learn about the recent passing of Dr. Jacquie Taylor. Funeral service lost an excellent champion in her. An educator, who was also licensed as a funeral director, Dr. Taylor truly “walked the walk and talked the talk” unlike so many others today. In 2013, I attended a continuing education seminar Dr.…
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Five Things
Read more: Five ThingsFive Things I’ve learned in my long career as a funeral director I was pleased to share my view of funeral service with Life. Death. Whatever., gleaned from the work I’ve done, the experiences of my colleagues, and the perspective of the thousands of families I’ve served over the years. Despite what you may read…
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Fake Funeral News
Read more: Fake Funeral NewsThe funeral as we know it is becoming a relic –just in time for a death boom blared the Washington Post headline. Whoever wrote this garbage must have scoured the depths of kook-dom. This article bears no resemblance to what funeral directors do on a daily basis. Perhaps if newspapers interviewed actual, experienced funeral directors…
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3 Myths About Green Burials: A Funeral Director’s Perspective
Read more: 3 Myths About Green Burials: A Funeral Director’s PerspectiveIn funeral parlance, ‘green burial’ may be the most hyped phrase around. References to this ‘new’ and seemingly popular type of disposition seem to be everywhere these days, particularly in the press. And since we, or a loved one, may be headed in that direction, we might have looked up the subject. Reading those stories…
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