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Questions, questions, questions

This week I received a message from a former student of mine who today is a success in our profession (no thanks to me having been his professor). His message caught my ...

Closing the Book on February

At the end of every month is s good time s ny to tidy up the workspce. All my notes, mil nd emil tht hve either found their wy into one of this month’s issues or set side for ...
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Snow doesn't (necessarily) stop funerals

The Washington Post has written stories on just about every aspect of the paralyzing snowstorms that have closed down many government offices and businesses, and today the funeral directors who ...

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Education for the sake of education

In the last several weeks the subject of mortuary education has again popped up.  One of the professional journals did a survey of the state of the state of mortuary education and the results ...

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My trip to Denver: Seeing history repeat itself

I have been on many interesting and growth filled trips in my long and not totally uneventful career, but this last week end in Denver, Colorado has to be in the top five of these experiences.

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Hearings on at House Subcommittee going on right now

Click here to watch the hearings going on right now before the House Energy and ...

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My continuous harangue on the importance of death education

When I was in seminary we were required to do this assignment.  It was simple.  We walked to the Public Gardens in downtown Boston, and were asked by the professor to mark out some ...

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Saying goodbye is valuable for all life, no matter the species

The first month at my first job in funeral service (I was very young), the firm I was associated with was summoned to a mansion to make the removal of an extrely wealthy person who was a ...

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Dwindling time--A silent force with a tremendous impact on cemetery/funeral service

Last week I spent a very nice day doing some training.  What a wonderful, professional group of individuals in the group – no grumpy, fussing complaining people – no, not ...

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