Last December we reported that Batesville Casket Company (parent company Hillenbrand) bought the Goria Burial Vault company. We also reported in July that Batesville ran job ads on CareerBuilder.com and in local Cincinnati, Ohio and Louisville, Kentucky newspapers looking for Diver/Burial Vault Sales Representative, confirming speculation that Batesville was planning to service their own burial [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Funeral Industry Product’
12 Jul
Blogger Calls Out Legacy.com, And They Reply
The following is a post written by blogger Maciej Ceglowski following his experience using the online obituary section of the New York Times, which is fueled by Legacy.com. The Great Legacy.com Swindle Last month my dear friend committed suicide, and in the middle of many emotions I came into contact with that part of the Internet that [...]
7 Jul
Going Out With a Bang, Man’s Ashes Scattered By Fireworks?
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 [...]
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 [...]
7 Jul
A Funny, Yet Moving Eulogy
Much like an obituary a eulogy should tell the story of someone’s life. A eulogy can be an extremely hard thing for someone to deliver, especially for a child or spouse. The following eulogy video was email to me by a member, and I found it very eye opening to how a eulogy could be give. [...]
30 Jun
Funeral Director Involved in Body Parts Ring, Denied Parole
Former Newark mortician Stephen K. Finley, one of several New Jersey funeral directors implicated in a multi-state ring that trafficked in stolen body parts for medical transplant, has lost his first attempt at parole. Finley, who has served just over a year of his five-year prison term, will be eligible for parole again in 17 [...]
14 Jun
Hillenbrand (Batesville) Going After Mexican Knockoff Casket Maker
Hillenbrand Inc.’s Batesville unit, the largest U.S. maker of coffins, filed a U.S. trade complaint to stop imports of what it deems are knockoff caskets from Mexico. The complaint, filed yesterday with the U.S. International Trade Commission in Washington, said Ataudes Aguilares of Guadalajara, Mexico, is bringing caskets into the U.S. that infringe patents related [...]
30 Mar
Question of the Week: How Do We Compete With China?
ConnectingDirectors.com is a community of funeral directors right? Yes it is, and what do most communities across the US have every month? Town hall meetings where they discuss important topics. Are we trying to start a town hall meeting here? No, but want I am trying to start is conversation. This question really has two [...]
30 Mar
‘First’ Hispanic Funeral Home Opens In Washington State
Born in Yakima Washington to migrate farm workers, Cindy Figueroa grew up learning how work hard in order to survive. And through all the trials and tribulations of growing up with parents who didn’t speak English and were illegal in this country, she still managed to put herself through college and received a top notch [...]
