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Digital & Stone Offers New Ways to Memorialize Loved Ones

April 18, 2023
In January 2023, founder and CEO Caroline P.M. Jones launched DigitalandStone.com, an online platform that allows family and friends to honor a loved one with photos, videos, stories, memories, land preservation, custom monuments and more. The company offers three core-product lines: • Digit...

CFSA Establishes Audrey Thacker Women of Excellence Award

April 18, 2023
The Casket & Funeral Supply Association of America has established a new award recognizing outstanding women in funeral service supply and has named it in honor of Audrey Thacker of Thacker Caskets. “Mrs. Thacker’s legacy of leadership and sheer determination in taking her company...

Security National Life Announces New Sales Management

April 18, 2023
Security National Life recently hired Erika Lohr as a market sales manager for the Dallas-Fort Worth area, Selina Edwards as a team sales leader representing San Antonio and Doug Farrow as market sales manager for the company’s northern Louisiana and northern Texas territories. Lohr began h...

Keeper Unveils AI-Powered Obit-Writing Assistant

April 18, 2023
Keeper Memorials recently launched its biography- and obituary-writing assistant powered by artificial intelligence. Powered by ChatGPT, the AI assistant can help generate personalized and meaningful language that captures the essence of a life and legacy. By inputting information about the honoree,...

Portraitsatneed.com Offers Low-Cost Custom Portraits

April 18, 2023
PortraitsAtNeed.com recently introduced a digital portrait product available to download within 24 hours. The company’s simple flat-rate pricing includes all photo-editing requests, an online proof to review and share with families, unlimited revisions to ensure satisfaction and an uncondition...

Lambert Transitions from Homesteaders; Company Adds Members To Board

April 18, 2023
In February, Steve Shaffer, president, CEO and board chair of Homesteaders Life Company, announced that longtime marketing officer Dean Lambert planned to retire after nearly 25 years. Lambert began his relationship with Homesteaders as a consultant in 1996 and became director of marketing communica...

Passages Introduces Scattering Kits

April 18, 2023
Passages International recently released a new scattering kit that includes five matching scattering tubes in the company’s six most popular designs. Each tube holds 40 cubic inches, for a total of 200 cubic inches (generally the volume of a cremated adult). The tubes are held in a custom-desi...

Facultatieve Appoints Miller as North American COO

March 08, 2023
Facultatieve Technologies (FT), manufacturer of high-quality cremation machines and equipment, appointed Michael H. Miller as chief operating officer of FT The Americas as of February 1, 2023. Miller has worked in the cremation and funeral industry for more than 35 years. He began his career at S...

Homesteaders Announces Growth Rate Increase, Holds Annual Sales

March 08, 2023
Homesteaders Life Company recently announced a growth rate increase of an average of 30 basis points for all new business, effective March 15, 2023. Steve Shaffer, Homesteaders president, CEO and board chair, commented: “Based upon strategic investment decisions made over the last several y...
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