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Order of the Golden Rule Partnerships Announced

March 26, 2021
Order of the Golden Rule has formed two additional partnerships with suppliers to provide services to its members. The first is with Medi Air Purifier, which utilizes advanced technology to cleanse any home or work environment of unhealthy contaminants, such as mold, dust, pollen and harmful pathoge...

2020 Southeast Funeral Director of the Year Awarded

March 26, 2021
Legacy Funeral Group (Houston) congratulates Emken Linton of Emken-Linton Funeral Home (Texas City) for receiving the Texas Funeral Directors Association’s 2020 Southeast Funeral Director of the Year award. Linton earned the prestigious award through his compassion, care and dedication to go a...

NFDA Past President Releases New Book

March 26, 2021
Bob Arrington, president/founder of Arrington Funeral Directors (Jackson) and past president of NFDA, and Ron Hale, head of ministry and church outreach at the firm, released a new book, Victory Over Death: Funeral Messages of Hope and Healing. A pastoral resource for ministers at every age and stag...

Foundation Partners Group New Mexico Acquisitions

March 26, 2021
Foundation Partners Group has acquired Riverside Funeral Home (Albuquerque, Los Lunas and Santa Fe), marking the company’s entry into the New Mexico market. In 2004, Charlie Finegan, Riverside founder, saw an opportunity to expand his mortuary trade business and began offering cremation ser...

Phaneuf Family Foundation Awards First Scholarship

March 26, 2021
The nonprofit Phaneuf Family Foundation awarded its first scholarship to Nicole Judge, a funeral services student at FINE Mortuary College. A resident of Peterborough, she also works as an apprentice with Jellison Funeral Home in Peterborough and Cournoyer Funeral Home in Jaffrey. Judge previously w...

Caregivers and Volunteers Honored

March 26, 2021
Flanner Buchanan (Indianapolis), along with Legacy Cremation & Funeral Services, honored 2020 Caregivers of the Month and Volunteers of the Month at its Hospice Banquet held virtually in January. Heartland Hospice volunteer Mike Judge was selected as Volunteer of the Year, and hospice nurse Robi...

Two New Grief Books by Alan Wolfelt, Ph.D

March 26, 2021
Companion Press published two new books by grief educator Alan Wolfelt, Ph.D.: 365 Days of Understanding Your Grief: Daily Readings for Finding Hope and Healing Your Heart and Grief After Homicide: Surviving, Mourning, Reconciling. 365 Days’ page-a-day readings help grievers feel supported ...

Legacy Funeral Group Acquisitions in Alabama

March 26, 2021
Legacy Funeral Group acquired Jefferson Memorial Funeral Home and Gardens (Trussville) and Currie-Jefferson Funeral Home and Memorial Gardens (Hoover). Jefferson Memorial, founded in 1949, and Currie-Jefferson, founded in 1959, have long provided state-of-the-art accommodations for the greater Birmi...

International Order of The Golden Rule Forms Partnerships

February 18, 2021
The International Order of the Golden Rule has formed two partnerships with suppliers to provide services to members. The first is with Final Security, which provides digital estate planning services. These include an “info vault” to collect and store encrypted files, photos, passwords a...

Rollings Funeral Service Maryland Acquisition

February 18, 2021
Rollings Funeral Service has acquired Hubbard Funeral Home (Baltimore), a firm that was established in 1941 and currently serves about 180 families annually. This marks Rollings’ first funeral home in the state of Maryland and its second firm in the area, with Hartenstein Funeral & Cremati...
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