Cremation

Strategic Focus on High-Cremation Markets Drives Growth at Foundation Partners Group

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Thursday, August 12, 2021
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Foundation Partners was founded 11 years ago with the belief that cremation is the future of deathcare. Today the company leads the industry in both its commitment to cremation -- the company has an overall cremation rate of 87+ percent -- and its pace of acquisitions.

Key Points: 
  • Foundation Partners was founded 11 years ago with the belief that cremation is the future of deathcare.
  • Foundation Partners Chief Financial Officer Tom Kominsky is the chief architect of the company's corporate development strategy.
  • Williams has joined the Foundation Partners team as director of cemetery strategy, overseeing cemetery innovation across the company's entire portfolio.
  • Orlando, Florida-based Foundation Partners Group is one of the industry's most innovative providers of funeral services.

Eternal Friends Home Niche Offers Pet Owners a New Way to Memorialize the Loss of Their Beloved Pets and Safekeep the Pet's Ashes

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Wednesday, August 4, 2021
Death customs, Cremation, Fire, Incineration, Pet, PETS, Ecological niche, Academic disciplines, Natural environment, Articles

With three model sizes available, the niche can accommodate up to 12 urns with memorialization space to engrave up to 12 pet names.

Key Points: 
  • With three model sizes available, the niche can accommodate up to 12 urns with memorialization space to engrave up to 12 pet names.
  • Gerardo G. Garcia, President/CEO of Eternal Friends Home Niche, said the niche allows all pet owners to remember their pet(s) in a personal and intimate way.
  • "Pets become part of our families, our pets see us through thick and thin, and when they pass, we need to memorialize their lives the best way possible.
  • Unfortunately, there were few products available to memorialize out pets and specially properly safekeep their cremated remains.

Turning To Tradition: More Than A Quarter Of Americans Embrace Religion In Funeral Planning Post-COVID

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Thursday, July 29, 2021
Death customs, Rituals, Funeral, Cremation, Traditions, Articles

According to this year's findings, 28% of Americans report stronger personal faith because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Key Points: 
  • According to this year's findings, 28% of Americans report stronger personal faith because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • As of last year, there was an overall increase in the number of Americans who feel religion is a very important component of a funeral.
  • This is in stark contrast to the last decade; in 2012, almost half of Americans over age 40 viewed religion as an important component of a funeral, dropping to 35.4% by 2019.
  • However, despite this embrace of more traditional elements for funerals, cremation rates continue to climb, indicating Americans are more comfortable than ever blending tradition with modern preferences.

Everdays, Now Available In Denver, Offers Better Options for End of Life Preparation

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Tuesday, June 15, 2021
Death customs, Funeral, Cremation, Articles, Human behavior, Funeral Rule

But oddly, less than 9% of people in Denver have made their arrangements ahead of time.

Key Points: 
  • But oddly, less than 9% of people in Denver have made their arrangements ahead of time.
  • The overwhelming result before now had been to do nothing," said Mark Alhermizi, Everdays Founder & CEO.
  • Everdays' unique packages are available through a robust network of the best funeral service providers in each market across the country.
  • Everdays is the first national, direct-to-consumer company to offer a simple, helpful way to buy your own funeral or cremation 100% online.

The Living Urn Expands Its Product Offering For Funeral Homes

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Tuesday, June 15, 2021
Death customs, Urn, Visual arts, Culture, Human behavior, Cremation, Uniform Resource Name, Burial, Funeral

This includes personalization options for The Living Urn, Eco Scattering Urns, Eco Burial Urn, and Eco Water Urn.

Key Points: 
  • This includes personalization options for The Living Urn, Eco Scattering Urns, Eco Burial Urn, and Eco Water Urn.
  • Mark Brewer, President of Biolife, LLC, commented, "We're excited to expand our product offering with the thousands of funeral homes we work with in North America.
  • A major part of this expansion includes urn customization options, which are in high demand by families across the country.
  • Its growing market leading product offering includes the patented Living Urn, the leading bio urn and planting system designed to grow a tree with cremated remains, The Living Urn Indoors/Patio, the Eco Scattering Urn, a unique bamboo urn for scattering ashes, the Eco Water Urn, a proprietary urn that floats and gracefully frees ashes in water, the Eco Burial Urn, a special bamboo burial or traditional decorative urn, and Flow the Ice Urn, a patented urn made from a block of ice.

Sunset Funeral Home and Cremation Center to Support Eligible Families With FEMA COVID-19 Funeral Relief Applications

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Tuesday, April 20, 2021
Death customs, Funeral, Cremation, Burial, Articles, Reimbursement, Death, Culture, Funeral Rule

If eligible, reimbursement funds come directly from FEMA, and Sunset Funeral Homes will assist community members in securing funding, regardless of the location of the prior funeral home.

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  • If eligible, reimbursement funds come directly from FEMA, and Sunset Funeral Homes will assist community members in securing funding, regardless of the location of the prior funeral home.
  • As a third party, Sunset will not directly provide or receive any funds through this program.\n"This has been an extraordinarily difficult year as hundreds of thousands of families throughout the country have unexpectedly had to plan a funeral as a result of COVID-19," said Linda Darby, CEO, Sunset Funeral Homes and Cremation Center.
  • "Our hearts are withnot only the families we servedbut everyone who is grieving the death of a loved one due to the pandemic.
  • "\nFuneral assistance is intended to assist with expenses for funeral and memorial services, and burial, interment, or cremation, as well as markers and monuments.

Return Home Launches 'Human Composting' Alternative to Burial and Cremation in Washington State

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Friday, April 16, 2021
Death customs, Culture, Articles, Human behavior, Cremation, Funeral, Burial, Death care industry in the United States, Urn, Compost

One cremation burns approximately 30 gallons of fuel, or enough to drive from Los Angeles to San Francisco and back.\n"The current funeral industry is destroying our planet," said Truman.

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  • One cremation burns approximately 30 gallons of fuel, or enough to drive from Los Angeles to San Francisco and back.\n"The current funeral industry is destroying our planet," said Truman.
  • "Terramation provides peace of mind for you and your loved ones, knowing that your last act is to give back.
  • "\nReturn Home is the world\'s first large-scale funeral service that uses Terramation to organically transform a body into soil.
  • Return Home has the capacity to transform 72 bodies per month and operates out of a 11,500 square-foot facility located in Auburn, Wash. For more information: www.returnhome.com/prepurchase .\nView original content to download multimedia: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/return-home-launches-human-compo...\n'

The Living Urn Continues its International Expansion and Launches in the UK

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Thursday, February 25, 2021
Death customs, Rituals, Culture, Urn, Cremation, Funeral, Burial, Uniform Resource Name

The Living Urn UK was established to directly cater to the growing demand throughout the UK for Biolife's proprietary and market leading line of eco-friendly bio urns and services.

Key Points: 
  • The Living Urn UK was established to directly cater to the growing demand throughout the UK for Biolife's proprietary and market leading line of eco-friendly bio urns and services.
  • The Living Urn UK will now make it easy for families and funeral homes to purchase all Living Urn products, on-demand, including The Living Urn tree burial urn and planting system, the Eco Scattering Urn, Eco Water Urn, Eco Burial, and the new Ecorial App, which allows families to permanently record a loved ones resting place in nature on the Memory Map and build an online memorial for future generations to access.
  • Dean Graves, Managing Partner of Living Urn UK commented, "We're extremely excited about the massive opportunity in the UK, not only with The Living Urn, but with our entire portfolio of truly unique eco-friendly cremation urns.
  • Its growing market leading product offering includes the patented Living Urn, the leading bio urn and planting system designed to grow a tree with cremated remains, The Living Urn Indoors, the Eco Scattering Urn , a unique bamboo urn for scattering ashes, the Eco Water Urn, a proprietary urn that floats and gracefully frees ashes in water, the Eco Burial Urn, a special bamboo burial or traditional decorative urn, and Flow the Ice Urn, a patented urn made from a block of ice.

Green Burial is a Sustainable Solution for Overwhelmed Mortuaries

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Tuesday, February 23, 2021
Death customs, Rituals, Commemoration, Natural burial, Burial, Funeral, Cremation, Morgue

LINCOLN, Calif., Feb. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Green burial has long been a popular alternative to conventional burial.

Key Points: 
  • LINCOLN, Calif., Feb. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Green burial has long been a popular alternative to conventional burial.
  • Hospitals bear the initial brunt of the crisis, but what happens when morgues and funeral homes are at their limits?
  • Green burial services include full-body interment, cremation remains burial, remains scattering and memorial trees on their 160-acre preserve and are compatible with virtually any type of funeral service religious or secular.
  • By choosing a green burial, you are not only choosing a more cost-effective option over traditional methods, but you will also be creating a long-lasting, living legacy.

Foundation Partners Group Disrupts $28.7 Billion Deathcare Market with Strategic Focus on Cremation & Innovation

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Tuesday, February 9, 2021
Death customs, Rituals, Cremation, Funeral, Culture

In a market estimated to reach $28.7 billion this year, the cremation rate in the U.S. reached an all-time high of 54.6 percent in 2020.

Key Points: 
  • In a market estimated to reach $28.7 billion this year, the cremation rate in the U.S. reached an all-time high of 54.6 percent in 2020.
  • "Foundation Partners was founded 10 years ago with the belief that cremation is the future," Robertson added.
  • Tom Kominsky, Foundation Partners Group chief financial officer, leads the company'sM&A growth initiatives.
  • Tommie Kamm, whose Denver-based All-States Cremation and All Veterans Funeral and Cremation joined Foundation Partners in 2019, said, "We didn't want a public corporation.