Traditional Funeral – The Morte Girls

Understanding Green Burials: Myths and Real Costs

Colleagues of ours, with years of experience in the funeral industry, were recently approached for their first green burial request. When they received the inquiry, the first question posed was somewhat surprising – Can you handle such a request? The assumption here was that a green burial might be outside the realm of traditional funeral…
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Repackaging Funeral Traditions with Trendy Alternatives

These days, traditional media and social media are filled with accounts of funeral trends, one more outlandish than the next. You can turn your loved one’s cremated remains into a diamond ring or a painting, shoot them into space, or incorporate a portion of the cremains into ink for a tattoo. Instead of a burial,…
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Understanding Poor Information Choices in State Associations

This 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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Human Composting is a No-Go in New York

In recent years, there has been a growing movement towards alternative methods of burial and funeral practices, with one of the most controversial being human composting. This alternative method of disposition, which involves converting human remains into soil, has generally been met with controversy and opposition. Proponents argue that it is an environmentally friendly and…
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The Art of Personalizing Funerals: Creating a Meaningful Goodbye

Funeral services have long been seen as traditional and standardized. However, in recent years, personalization is becoming increasingly important for many people. This trend highlights the desire for a more intimate and meaningful farewell, one that captures the essence of the person and celebrates the person’s life. The trend is driven, in part, by the…
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A “Contemporary” Funeral Home

We’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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We Compost Trash, Not Our Mothers

“I visited Auschwitz a couple times. Always the guards will tell you, people ask, what happened to the remains? Well, you know what happened? The farmers came from around and used it as a fertilizer,” said Bishop DiMarizio in an interview.
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A Dying Business

One 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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Our Latest Interview

In our recent interview with Authority Magazine, we reiterate the importance of funeral service & how we continue to uphold cherished traditions. Clearly, the Covid pandemic underscored (in a major way) what any funeral director can tell you: #funeralsmatter.
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Five Things

Five 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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