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I. INTRODUCTION Most of us in the funeral profession have been there—the headache of funeral flowers. Not to be negative, but I used to get very frustrated with the responsibility of handling funeral flowers. The routine always seemed the same. I would have on a new suit and when transporting flowers, I always damaged my …
I remember when I was in Mortuary College in Boston we took a field trip and visited a vault manufacturing plant in a town a little north of Boston. I was quite excited about the adventure mostly because I had never seen a vault made before, and I was terribly interested in literally anything to …
Times have changed. Nothing is the same, absolutely nothing. There was a time in funeral service when the world was pretty set, pretty solid, and pretty secure and pretty simple. No more. Times have changed and the changes in funeral service have, as with all change, been both a blessing and a curse. One of …
Introduction: One of the most fortunate learning experiences I have had in my entire life was the time I was a student of the Rev. Dr. Edgar N. Jackson. He was on the faculty of the New England Institute and I took my education and training to become a funeral director at that old venerable …
Compare today with 1900. In 1900 children were expected not to survive birth, and even the mother’s life was suspect of being destroyed in the process. Today however children are not supposed to die, and most do not – Thank God – but still hundreds of children die everyday. The Problems: It reverses the “natural” …
