The Conference Seeks Your Input on Model Practice Act June 12, 2024 The International Conference of Funeral Service Examining Boards (The Conference) has announced the upcoming review of The Conference Model Practice Act. At this time, they invite funeral service stakeholders to provide comments on the current publication. They welcome and appreciate any feedback.&n...
See NFDA Past President Installed as President of International Funeral Association June 10, 2024 NFDA Past President Bill Wappner, who has been serving as the United States’ representative to the Fédération Internationale des Associations de Thanathologues – International Federation of Thanatologists Associations (FIAT-IFTA) since 2017, will be installed as the organization’s ...
NFDA Election News: Officer Election Begins June 13; At-Large Representative Candidate Forum to be Held June 14 June 09, 2024 Beginning next week Thursday, June 13, you will help determine the future direction of NFDA by electing the officers who will serve on the 2024-25 Board of Directors. Qualified NFDA members will cast their vote during an electronic election held June 13 through 26. The officers who are elec...
Do You Have What it Takes to Win the NFDA Funeral Face-off? June 09, 2024 Question: Cellular death by pathological conditions is called... A. Necrobiosis B. Necrosis C. Postmortem cellular death D. Antemortem cellular death . . . . . . . . . If you knew th...
Funeral Service Foundation Awards $185,000 in Academic and Professional Development Scholarship Support June 07, 2024 Thanks to support from its generous donors, the Funeral Service Foundation awarded $87,500 in academic and administered nearly $100,000 in funding for professional scholarships and NFDA’s Meet the Mentors program. With these funds, 26 students earned academic scholarships ranging from $2,500-$...
Share Your Experiences: Funeral Trends and Disenfranchised Grief June 06, 2024 Cheyenne Zaremba is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Communication Arts and Sciences at Pennsylvania State University. Cheyenne is seeking participants for an uncompensated research study on how funerals respond to instances of disenfranchised grief and marginalized expressions of mourning and...
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Scam Alert - Phony Bill June 04, 2024 Last summer we alerted you to a scam targeting families you may have served recently. Unfortunately, the scam continues to spread throughout the country. Using recently published obituaries, the scammer, posing as a member of you staff, calls families and tells them they owe another $1...
First Reported by the Memorial Business Journal: Homesteaders $1.2 Billion Deal Will Transition Park Lawn to Private Ownership June 03, 2024 DES MOINES, IOWA – Homesteaders Life Company has teamed with Birch Hill Equity Investors in facilitating a $1.2 billion deal (Canadian dollars) to transition Park Lawn Corporation to private ownership. Homesteaders, Viridian Acquisition Inc. (an affiliate of Homesteaders) and Birch Hi...
Let the Good Times Roll: Registration Now Open for the 2024 NFDA International Convention & Expo June 03, 2024 The National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) is thrilled to announce that registration is now open for the 2024 International Convention & Expo, taking place October 20-23 in New Orleans, Louisiana. As the premier event in funeral service, the NFDA Convention always offers an unforgettable ...