The Top 5 Benefits of Burial
Posted on December 12th, 2018 by | Leave a comment
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Since we’ve worked in the death industry since 1996, we’ve seen the preferential pendulum swing. People used to scorn cremation in favor of burial. Today, people tend to prefer cremation at a rate of 51.6 percent to 48.4. In fact, in Los Angeles County, where our funeral home is located, that number is as high […]
Continue Reading October – Let the Creepiness Begin with Embalming
Posted on October 3rd, 2018 by | Leave a comment
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Even though October has only just begun, scary movies are popping up in earnest on streaming services and in theaters. So, to keep up, we want to share some creepy stuff about our own industry. We are funeral directors, after all. This week, we will start by covering something a bit arcane, embalming. As you can […]
Continue Reading All About the Job of Funeral Director
Posted on August 28th, 2018 by | Leave a comment
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As we prepare, as a nation, to celebrate Labor Day on September 3, we wanted to take this opportunity to share everything we love about the fruits of our own labors in the mortuary industry. Does that sound weird? Yeah, we actually like what we do, but not in a creepy-old-timey-mortician sort of way. People […]
Continue Reading Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust (Cremation)
Posted on May 14th, 2018 by | Leave a comment
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People used to consider cremation disrespectful. They preferred hiring undertakers to embalm their loved one’s bodies and place the chemically-preserved remains in boxes they buried in the ground. Somehow, this practice was considered more respectful than cremation. Go figure. Now, thankfully, the practice of cremation is just as enthusiastically embraced as the more traditional method […]
Continue Reading Death of the Embalming Industry?
Posted on May 2nd, 2018 by | Leave a comment
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With 30 years of industry experience, we’ve seen a lot of death. So, we have learned to recognize the signs. With widespread interest in eco-friendly funerals and green burials on a meteoric rise, we anticipate the impending doom of an industry that has been at the heart of our own since formaldehyde was discovered by […]
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