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Survey Ranks Thacker Caskets First in Service, Second in Quality

February 14, 2022
In its 2021 annual casket survey, Funeral Service Insider selected Thacker Caskets as number one in service and ranked the family-owned and -operated company second in casket quality. Said Danielle Thacker, vice president of sales and marketing: “We are thrilled to once again be voted numbe...

Homesteaders Appoints Lefrandt Senior VP of Consumer Experience

February 14, 2022
As senior vice president of consumer experience, Jon Lefrandt will lead Homesteaders’ strategic initiatives to improve and enhance its work with consumers, align consumer experience efforts with Homesteaders’ overall strategies and support its innovation efforts to help funeral providers...

Domani Preneed Appoints Facer as CEO

February 14, 2022
Riley Facer has succeeded Jon Lefrandt as CEO of Domani Preneed. Facer has served as chief revenue officer for The Domani Group since its founding in 2018. Lefrandt will remain CEO of Domanicare and was also appointed senior vice president of consumer experience for Homesteaders Life Company (see ne...

Cooperative Funeral Fund Hires Senior Application Developer

January 18, 2022
Cooperative Funeral Fund, a preneed and cemetery care fund management company, has hired Bob Wahl as a senior application developer. Wahl holds a computer science degree with a focus on advanced programming and database design from Sacred Heart University. Wahl brings extensive software developme...

Funeral Directors Life Names McDonald Market Center Manager

January 18, 2022
Funeral Directors Life is proud to announce that Thomas McDonald is now market center manager for South Carolina. “Thomas has a deep understanding of the funeral profession, and his knowledge will be very valuable to our client funeral homes in South Carolina,” said Kris Seale, president...

Green Burial Council Certifies Starmark Artisan Vista Line

January 18, 2022
Starmark is proud to announce that its Artisan Vista cremation container product line has been certified by the Green Burial Council. Starmark joins a number of other funeral and cemetery professionals who share a commitment to creating more sustainable after-death options for families, their commun...

Moore Jasper Company Offers “The Kit” to Help Families

January 18, 2022
After each woman experienced the pain and stress of losing their loved ones, Earnestine Moore and Carrie Jasper developed the forerunner of The Kit and founded Moore Jasper Company. Designed to help carry people through the process of death and dying, The Kit includes: • Six booklets, each a...

New Book on the Shelves

January 18, 2022
Thomas J. Van Kula has authored Dad, Can I Borrow the Hearse?, a poignant and humorous memoir about growing up and eventually working in the family funeral home. Van Kula lived above the firm – an impressive, yellow-brick structure located in one of Detroit’s “bluest of blue-collar...

Bass-Mollett Launches Everlasting Keepsakes

January 18, 2022
Bass-Mollett Publishers has launched Everlasting Keepsakes, a new service to help funeral homes compete with online retailers and provide a wider range of keepsakes and after-service items to families. Funeral homes that sign up will receive a 50% commission on all items sold on the Everlasting Keep...

Bass-Mollett Launches Everlasting Keepsakes

January 18, 2022
Bass-Mollett Publishers has launched Everlasting Keepsakes, a new service to help funeral homes compete with online retailers and provide a wider range of keepsakes and after-service items to families. Funeral homes that sign up will receive a 50% commission on all items sold on the Everlasting Keep...
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