Quote of the week
“A crematorium would stink up the neighborhood. Essentially, we would be breathing dead people.” Stephen Thorburn of Las Vegas in response to a proposed crematorium in his neighbourhood.
You have 30 seconds – impress me
You’re the first internet based funeral service. You want to make sure people know you are different and you have 30 seconds of TV time to get your message across. How would you do it? Yesterday we presented the advertisement that Basic Funerals in Canada created. You can see it here. We thought it was […]
Funeral spend has plunged in Ireland
From the Irish Independent an alarming trend (if you’re an undertaker) and a familiar issue: Undertakers say the average cost of a funeral has dropped by almost 40pc in the past five years. They say cash-strapped families have had little choice but to compromise on funeral ceremonies by foregoing extras that they once took for […]
