Mortuary Transport Services

Found this article in the Boulder Daily Camera about two funeral workers dropping a casket in front of the deceased teenagers’ father, apparently not concerned with how he would react to the fumble. It’s way too important, a lawsuit not withstanding, to maintain control and composure at all times when you are handling the body [...] Read more »

Now here’s something you don’t see every day. Or do you? Two women are accused of faking everything from the identity, to the expenses to the disposition, and were trying to get a bunch of other people help them to do it! A notary and a funeral home owner already plead guilty, but these women [...] Read more »

This information stands well on it’s own. I only offer it as a resource in your conversations with friends and family members. The hardest part of the death industry is the grief of the unprepared. Start planning for your final expenses now I know this post topic is kind of morbid, but this issue is [...] Read more »

Here’s a story of someone representing himself as a funeral director, but he was the owner, and not a licensed funeral director. He admitted that it was a mistake, as the letter was printed by a pre-planning insurance company, and they apparently took it for granted that he was also a licensed funeral director as [...] Read more »

I’ve been thinking about the pre-need market lately and what can be done to make it a little easier for the consumer to understand and feel confident about. Here’s an example of what happens when the entities selling the pre-arrangements appear to change the rules after the fact. Is there a market for pre-need death [...] Read more »

If the mortuary transport services don’t self regulate, they’ll be next. As the only state that doesn’t regulate morticians and funeral directors, Colorado is a haven for unscrupulous amateurs who want to start a funeral home, said Rep. Debbie Stafford. The Aurora Democrat tells horror stories of mixed-up cremains, body fluids that aren’t disposed of [...] Read more »