Social Media & Funerals
Posted on August 7th, 2018 by | Leave a comment
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Part 1 in a 2-Part Series about The Weird & Wonderful Ways Social Media & Funerals Connect According to TechCrunch, the “average user” picks up his or her Smartphone 85 times per day. People walk into fountains, trees, vans and buildings because they’ve morphed into Smartphone Zombies. And while many use their devices for texting, reading, and […]
Continue Reading Corrupt Funeral Home Directors
Posted on July 25th, 2018 by | Leave a comment
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City Attorney Takes Corrupt Mortuary Directors to Task Dealing directly with people when they are at their most vulnerable and emotionally fragile, funeral directors should be a source of comfort and encouragement to clients. Instead, we often find ourselves part of an industry shrouded in controversy and chaos. Improper cremation procedures, doubling up on cemetery plots, […]
Continue Reading Mortuary: History of the Term
Posted on April 6th, 2018 by | Leave a comment
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Archaeologically and anthropologically speaking, the word, mortuary, means: ‘any purpose-built structure, resembling a normal dwelling in many ways, in which a dead body is buried.’” Dead House Prior to the 14th century, when they coined the term “mortuary,” people placed their dead in a “deadhouse.” Such a blunt term, it’s little wonder a new phrase […]
Continue Reading Creepy Funeral Home Stories
Posted on October 23rd, 2017 by | Leave a comment
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In honor of Halloween, we wanted to dedicate this post to a subject many folks our industry would not typically cover – creepy funeral home stories. Are you game? By the way, none of the following creepy funeral experiences happened at Foothill Funeral & Cremation Services. The following submissions are anonymous. Holding Hands A mortuary […]
Continue Reading Helping People Who Are Grieving
Posted on September 9th, 2017 by | Leave a comment
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Arguably, one of the most difficult emotions to handle is grief. This is particularly true in the United States, where discussions about death and dying remain taboo. This is a shame, since death is as much a part of life as birth. In the mortuary business since 1996, we encounter people who are grieving every […]
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