We are a full service preneed and cemetery care fund management company in business exclusively for the death care industry.
How does a holiday song from the early 50’s find its way into controversy? Some say it is a simple flirtatious song while others feel it is a song about date rape. What are your thoughts? Have we gone too far in worrying about offending others? Are we way too sensitive? Or are we totally…
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It is hard for me to believe it is almost a year since I found out I was BRCA1 positive. For those of you who haven’t read Part I and Part II of my story, beingBRCA1 positive means I have a gene that makes me predisposed to both ovarian and breast cancer. As I get…
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I was under the impression that there were only givers and takers in this world. Imagine my intrigue when I discovered there are also matchers. To better understand this concept, I scanned the internet and found a variety of tests that can be taken to determine which of these three types best describes a person.…
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Cemeteries are generally beautiful properties in their own right. Artistic stone carvings with expanses of manicured greenery offer an oasis to the hustle of daily life. Steeped in history, they are places where, in the eloquent words of “Cemeteries” book author and architectural historian Keith Eggener, “Life meets death, nature meets city and present meets…
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Do you have enough money in your care fund? This is a question we run into a lot in our travels across the country. Sometimes we ask the question of cemetery operators, but more often than not, the question comes from cemetery operators themselves. READ MORE..
Funny, how it’s so easy to procrastinate when you need to make difficult, life-changing decisions – like maybe prearranging one’s funeral, wink-wink. It’s as if I don’t make the decision, the problem will go away. I am sure a few of you know exactly what I am talking about. A very close friend of mine…
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When coming up with ideas on subjects to write about I never know which experience will bring inspiration. Today I was speaking with a funeral director who was explaining how a family had come to her regarding a prearrangement that had been set up with another funeral home. READ MORE…
You remember that exact moment when someone told you something and you truly hoped it was an April Fool’s joke? It happened to me on Halloween this past year while I stood in front of our booth in the middle of the National Funeral Directors Association convention hall in Boston. READ MORE…
Personally, I never made enough money to demand or require a prenuptial agreement, I am a funeral director and unlike what the general public believes, “I don’t make a lot of money.” A few of the men I dated most likely would have demanded one, not because I look like someone that would have taken…
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Preneed services help funeral directors create impressions and offer comfort long before the family needs a funeral service. In many cases, families opt for advance funeral planning so that they aren’t forced to make tough decisions during a difficult time and can simply focus on celebrating the life of their loved one. If a funeral…
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