Archive for the 'Funeral Homes In The News' Category

Hillside Hosts ”2008 Mother’s Day Remembrance Service”

Friday, April 18th, 2008

Now this would be a great idea for a removal service that also has hearse or livery services. You could do something similar at your local cemetery. It doesn’t have to be a special memorial service, but you could provide well dressed individuals at the cemetery entrance, handing out candles, note cards with your livery service logo [...] Read more »

Lack of morgue creates issues

Sunday, April 6th, 2008

So, what solution to you see for this? This has to be happening in a lot of counties, not just in Missouri. When I first started, my boss had a warehouse facility he built a cooler into. The county shut it down for not having all the necessary permits, even though the warehouse was at least [...] Read more »

Empty Casket Prompts Gangland Shooting

Saturday, April 5th, 2008

Not really, but this post from Derek in San Francisco records a police report about Funerals by Washington getting their storefront casket company shot up Thursday. They never used my services, but maybe it was just as well. The Bayview area is a dangerous place at night, although I never had any trouble with night removals [...] Read more »

Funeral directors push cremation bill

Friday, April 4th, 2008

Now this is something all the states should be working on. In this story, the Legislature of Massachusetts is trying to allow the funeral industry to dispose of indigent and unclaimed bodies in a less expensive way by cremating them instead of having traditional burials when no can pay for them. The funeral directors are [...] Read more »

Illegal Immigrants Often Die Anonymously

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

Image from Wikipedia Not to make less of an impact of this story, but it is the same as a lot of indigent cases across the country. Our society doesn’t track the importance of family, friends and loved ones for the times when someone dies unexpectedly away from home. We rely on the state to [...] Read more »

Dead set opposed to Mitcham funeral parlour plan

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

 Unfortunately, there are always closed minded people who want some realities hidden from them, birth and death. This funeral home is just opening an office in a high traffic area, to allow people an ‘non-funeral home’ environment to make arrangements, whether it is preneed or postneed. This funeral home is in Australia, the owner is providing [...] Read more »