Responding to a lawsuit’s allegations that Crist Mortuary employees dropped the casket of a 20-year-old Boulder High School graduate on the day of his funeral, letting his body roll onto the pavement, the mortuary’s general manager apologized. “We made a mistake,” said Michael Greenwood, who is named as a defendant in the lawsuit along with [...]
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25 Oct
Crist Mortuary Apologizes for Dropping Casket
Posted by connectingdirectors in cdsocial network, Funeral Industry, funeral industry, funeral industry social media. Tagged: casket, cdsocial, cdsocial.com, connect directors, connecting directors, connectingdirectors.com, funeral director, Funeral Industry, Funeral Industry News, social media. Leave a Comment
8 Oct
Wilbert Funeral Services CEO Resigns
Posted by connectingdirectors in cdsocial network, Funeral Industry, funeral industry, funeral industry social media. Tagged: batesville, connecting directors, connectingdirectors.com, funeral business, Funeral Industry, Funeral Industry News, Wilbert Funeral Services. Leave a Comment
Last Friday, October 1, 2010, Paul Cooper, Chairman of the Wilbert Funeral Services Inc.(WFSI) board, accepted the resignation of WFSI President and CEO Tony Colson. Tony has elected to leave Wilbert and take a position as President and CEO for a new casket company that is based in Detroit called Genesis Casket Company, which is [...]
6 Oct
Has Batesville Been Lying About Casket Protection?
Posted by connectingdirectors in cdsocial network, Funeral Industry, funeral industry, funeral industry social media. Tagged: batesville, burial vault, casket, connecting directors, connectingdirectors.com, Funeral Industry, vault. 1 Comment
The economic state of our country is forcing many companies to diversify themselves into new products as well as new industries, and funeral industry companies have not been excluded from this diversification. Lets look at Batesville Casket company. In the last 12 months they have purchase a burial vault company, a funeral home website company, [...]
30 Sep
Exclusive: First Look at Batesville’s Burial Vault Graveside Set Up
Posted by connectingdirectors in cdsocial network, Funeral Industry, funeral industry, funeral industry social media. Tagged: batesville, burial vault, casket, connect directors, connecting directors, connectingdirectors.com, funeral business, funeral director, Funeral Industry, Funeral Industry News, Funeral Industry Product. 1 Comment
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 [...]
24 Sep
Burial at Sea Did Not Follow Federal Guidelines
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A North Carolina man whose body resurfaced off the coast of Hollywood one day after a burial at sea had been wrapped in a plastic tarp and weighed down, a violation of federal guidelines for the disposal of human remains in the ocean. It is unknown whether anyone will be charged with a crime in [...]
20 Sep
Cemetery Charging Visitors for Leaving Gifts?
Posted by connectingdirectors in cdsocial network, Funeral Industry, funeral industry, funeral industry social media. Tagged: cdsocial, cdsocial.com, cemtery, connecting directors, connectingdirectors.com, funeral director, Funeral Industry, Funeral Industry News. Leave a Comment
I can only imagine the craziness of Forest Lawn Cemetery since the death of Michael Jackson, but charging visitors for leaving gifts? With the cremation rate rapidly rising I guess Forest Lawn is grabbing the “bull by the horns” and carving out a whole new revenue stream. From JumpOff.tv: It’s gonna cost Michael Jackson fans [...]
8 Sep
Government Information: 1000′s Killed Incorrectly By Social Security Each Month
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Judy Rivers went to the bank with a simple request in April: She wanted to open a safe deposit box. The response, while equally simple, was a complete surprise. The bank turned her down. Why? She was dead. At least that’s what the bank’s security systems indicated. Sorry, a bank official said, we can’t open [...]
8 Sep
Have Your Ashes Pressed Into a Vinyl Record?
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Music lovers can now be immortalized when they die by having their ashes baked into vinyl records to leave behind for loved ones. A UK company called And Vinyly is offering people the chance to press their ashes in a vinyl recording of their own voice, their favorite tunes or their last will and testament. [...]
8 Sep
Businesses: Keep Nasty Complaints off the Web by Offering Great Customer Service
Posted by connectingdirectors in cdsocial network, Funeral Industry, funeral industry, funeral industry social media. Tagged: cdsocial, cdsocial.com, connect directors, connecting directors, Funeral Industry, Funeral Industry News, social media, social media coaching. Leave a Comment
By Marc LeVine, Director of Social Media, RiaEnjolie, Inc. You and your family began your funeral home business with the best intentions in mind. There isn’t a funeral home director with an ounce of integrity, who launches his or her new business deliberately intending to disappoint their customers. Nor, can any sane business person – [...]
8 Sep
10 Bizarre Last Statements of Death Row Inmates
Posted by connectingdirectors in cdsocial network, Funeral Industry, funeral industry, funeral industry social media. Tagged: cdsocial, cdsocial.com, connecting directors, connectingdirectors.com, death row, Funeral Industry, Funeral Industry News, social media, social media coaching. Leave a Comment
Before being put to death, criminals are given the opportunity to say a few parting words. Some use this opportunity to apologize for their wrongdoings; some try to let their families know they love them; and others use it as a chance to proclaim their innocence. Then, you have the death row inmates who use [...]
