In a continuing story from Columbia, Missouri, Warren Funeral Chapel and its owners Harold Warren Sr. and Harold Warren Jr. are facing a possible class-action lawsuit. Plaintiff Kathy Johnson has alleged that Warren FC lost her mother’s remains, and is seeking an exhumation order to determine if her mother is buried in the correct plot Read More
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Looking Ahead As A Generation Ages
The Associated Press has a piece about how the aging baby boomer generation will affect the funeral industry. Experts say the average funeral home could see over a 30 percent increase in their call volume over the next two to three decades, until the death rate settles again in about 2040. Though dipping slightly over Read More
Bereavement Fares
On the Road with Bill McGee has a very informative piece about bereavement fares in the airline industry. Just how compassionate are most carriers? Delta, Northwest, Southwest, and US Airways do not offer bereavement/compassion airfare reductions. In fact, McGee points out that today, given the deeply discounted fares you can find online, A much better Read More
Questionable Charges at Missouri Cemetery
In September, 2007, Jeff Palmore, owner of Bell Funeral Home in St Louis, arranged a burial at Pacific City Cemetery. To save the family the $525 fee the cemetery sexton was charging, he offered to dig the grave himself. Sexton Alan Bruns refused, saying there was a city ordinance that only allowed sextons to dig Read More