Benjamin Schmidt Stay Positive Together! As a licensed funeral director and embalmer, and mortuary school professor I am proud to be a member of a community that collectively arranges for and executes with professionalism the creation of mea... Education Embalming Funeral Director Oct 30, 2023 0 839
Larry Stuart, Jr. Things Funeral Homes Should Always Consider Regarding Using a 3rd Party Cremation Partner Funeral directors know, when someone dies, things can happen quickly and all of a sudden there are a lot of plates spinning in the air all at once. Almost all of the plates stay spinning by the funera... Business Management Cremation Education Crematory Operations Funeral Director Liability Sep 25, 2023 0 1589
Benjamin Schmidt Incorrupt or Not? Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster Lived a Saintly Life Was the fact that Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster's remains were not decomposed when she was exhumed to move her to a new shine mean she lived closer to Christ as the Catholic Church claims? Or is there m... Embalming Funeral Director History Religion Jun 27, 2023 0 1879
Martha Webb-Jones WHEN IT COMES TO CHANGE—PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT When your organization can routinely embrace changes of all types and sizes, and use them as catalysts for process improvement, relationship-building, and personal development, then you (and your empl... Business Management Funeral Director Human Resources Relevancy May 29, 2023 0 1195
Benjamin Schmidt Embalming's New Front Line The embalmers of Belgium and Germany are truly on the frontlines of embalming. As we lament the death of embalming in the US, perhaps we need to observe its growth across the ocean and think about how... Education Embalming Funeral Director Relevancy Apr 28, 2023 0 1955
Benjamin Schmidt BERNOULLI AND THE PREP ROOM There’s always a lot of discussion amongst embalmers about the chemicals they use, the cosmetics they like, and the techniques they deploy in restoration. When we think of embalming, we can easily cal... Education Embalming Funeral Director Feb 23, 2023 0 1737
Ryan Ballard "Funeral Service Doesn't Wait" This phrase is the look on my kid's face when I tell them I have to leave to go to work at odd hours. It’s a phrase that explains a lot but yet is so simple. Boy life is different; the paths and journ... Funeral Director Wellness Dec 22, 2022 0 1028
Benjamin Schmidt Funeral Directors and Halloween The general public assume that we relish the opportunity to open our gory side any chance we get, but many members of our own community are abhorred with the idea of handing out a single candy bar at ... Education Funeral Director Marketing Oct 20, 2022 0 1798
Benjamin Schmidt COVID-19 and Blood Clots—True or Clickbait? Are embalmers really finding clots in deceased people caused by the Covid vaccine? Embalmers are making claims that they are finding clots in people that are caused by the COVID-19 vaccine, but is thi... Education Embalming Funeral Director Infectious Disease Sep 21, 2022 0 18840
Brian Waters Mirror Mirror on the Wall Funeral Professionals have had a long standing problem with introspection. We are like Dracula...avoiding the mirrors. In my career, I’ve read numerous articles and heard impassioned speeches about th... Education Embalming Funeral Director Marketing Relevancy Jul 17, 2022 0 1039
Benjamin Schmidt Creutzfeldt Jacob's Disease and the Funeral Director Creutzfeldt Jacob’s Disease is scary; its cause is seemingly invincible, its incubation can last up to decades, and its mortality is 100%. But it is but a mere prion, and we are humans with the abilit... Education Embalming Funeral Director Infectious Disease May 19, 2022 0 2670
Benjamin Schmidt Can a $750 Air Filter "Destroy Formaldehyde" Even if it is a Dyson? Can you eradicate formaldehyde fumes with an air filter? Ben looks at an article on the Dyson filter that makes this claim! Most of you probably know Dyson as a popular manufacturer of vacuums, air dr... Education Embalming Funeral Director Liability Mar 17, 2022 0 2685
