How businesses can manage bad online reviews
Businesses don’t have the luxury of ignoring bad online reviews anymore. Bad reviews turn away…
Help digitize WWI burial records
World War I enthusiasts started a project to create one of the best resources available…
New York sends bodies out of state to handle the surge of cremations
The rapid increase of deaths because of COVID-19 has resulted in bodies to be sent out of state as New York crematories cannot keep up with the demand. Due to the coronavirus David Penepent, director of the funeral services administration…
Private funeral home owners expand their Arkansas properties
Private Arkansas funeral owners expand and purchase another private funeral home in a neighboring town. Arkansas funeral home owners Scott and Paula Berna have acquired another funeral home in the city of Rogers, adding another facility to their two other…
Keeping it in the family; Martin Thompson & Son Cremation & Funeral Service acquires Thompson’s Harveson & Cole Funeral Home
Martin Thompson & Son Cremation & Funeral Service acquires Thompson’s Harveson & Cole Funeral Home Started in 1911, Thompson Harveson & Cole is one of the few remaining family-owned and managed funeral homes in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex. The owner,…
“Forgotten key workers” lacking PPE may lead to bodies not being collected in the UK
Chief of the ‘The National Society of Allied and Independent Funeral Directors’ urges the UK government to prioritize funeral workers in the distribution of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment). In a worldwide scramble for PPE Mr. Tennens, representing a group of…
Creative families find ways to still interact with elderly family in assisted living facilities
Families get creative to stay in touch with elderly family members during coronavirus lockdowns. For the safety of the residents, assisted-living homes around the world have been forced to temporarily prohibit visitations. A harsh but necessary mandate to protect this…
South Carolina funeral linked to 6 COVID-19 deaths
Funeral gathering directly linked to six deaths in South Carolina. Just two weeks before the March 16th announcement from the Whitehouse, with guidelines recommending no more than ten people come together, a funeral was held infecting many and eventually killing…
Canada planning to open its first human taphonomy facility
Canada improves law enforcement efforts by investing in a human taphonomy facility This spring Canada is planning on opening its first ever Secure Site for Research in Thanatology (SSRT) in Becancour, Quebec. Also commonly referred to as a “body farm”…
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