Tom Moore was a man who loved fireworks. And like all fireworks fans he was a fan of July 4. When he died in May at the age of 70, his wife Ann and friends at Santore & Sons Fireworks decided on an original way to mark his passing: he would be cremated and his [...]
Posts Tagged ‘cremation’
7 Jul
Jam Made from Princess Diana’s Hair Up for Sale?
There are many different things that can be done with the hair/DNA or ashes of a loved one. It is very common now to take a hair from a loved one and grow a diamond from their DNA. But making a jam from someone’s hair? That seems a little…well different. Jam Made from Princess Diana’s Hair [...]
21 Apr
FTC Staff Issues Opinion on Third-party Casket Delivery Issues
Universal Casket Company, which supplies the caskets that are sold by Costco, recently sought guidance from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) staff about the delivery of third-party caskets to funeral homes. In response to that request, FTC Funeral Rule Coordinator Craig Tregillus issued an opinion letter on April 19, 2010 that addressed several important issues, [...]
21 Apr
The Holy Fire: Cremation: A Practice in Need of Ritual
“When I’m gone just cremate me,” Hughey MacSwiggan told his third and final wife as she stood at his bedside while the hospice nurse fiddled with the morphine drip that hadn’t kept his pain at bay. The operative word in his directive was just. He wasn’t especially fond of fire. He hadn’t picked out a [...]
29 Mar
Largest Independent Cremation Company Launches an Ad Campaign in USA Today
It has happened…a funeral industry company is finally doing a nationwide advertising campaign directed at the public. For the first time ever, the country’s largest independent cremation company has launched an ad campaign in USA Today with the tagline: “Think outside the wooden box!”(Link to Full Print Ad) The Neptune Society, taking advantage of the [...]
26 Mar
Funeral Home Gambles Business on Facebook!
Facebook has now become the most visited website in the USA. Facebook gets more hits than Google!! So why not use Facebook to leverage your business? At the recent ICCFA convention, many of the keynote presenters talk about the importance of funeral homes having a presents on the social networking site, through a personal page [...]
24 Mar
Funeral Industry Company Selling Patent and Brand on Craigslist?
This throw me off guard a bit when I found the listing on Craigslist. I was doing a little research to see if funeral directors were using Craigslist as an outlet to sell pre-need packages or even sell equipment or hearses to other funeral directors. I never expect to find an industry company hocking their [...]
19 Mar
Coffin Academy on Nightline, Simulate Your Own Death
I’m all good with pre-planning your own funeral, but this is going to the extreme: Remember Coffin Academy, the self-help retreat in South Korea that lets you simulate your own death to be born into a new life? Nightline reporter Clarissa Ward went through the controversial seminar, which has participants write their wills, imagine saying [...]
19 Mar
The Crowded Casket, More Than Dead Being Buried In Casket
We CAN take it with us? Since the beginning of burials, man has often gone to the grave with company. These days, funeral directors grant most requests: a shotgun … a case of beer … a bottle of Jack Daniels … some favorite cigars … golf clubs, usually putters … a clarinet … a tool [...]
18 Mar
New “Green” Laws Raise Price of Cremation in UK, Could US Be Next?
NEW “green” laws look set to push up the cost of a cremation in Scarborough to more than £500. The extra cost is needed to deal with the environmental pollution caused when a body is cremated, according to a new report. Scarborough Council bosses want to introduce the £50 charge for all adult cremations at [...]
