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  • By Patti Martin Bartsche

When Leona and Sean McAllister founded PlotBox back in 2012, the couple focused on mapping. …

The Power of GPR

The Power of GPR

  • By Tom Nondorf

Ground-penetrating radar is a maturing technology that can be used for many things – locatin…

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Join us on June 4th & 5th in Warwick, Rhode for our in-person event that promises to boost your expertise and broaden your professional network. This event will feature insightful presentations from 10 industry leaders: August Esposito, Chris Cruger, Tyler Anderson, Jon Lefrandt, Mitch Smith, Tony Armogida, Glenda Stansbury, Brent Patterson, Dr. Jennifer L. Wright-Berryman, and Greg Grabowski,

American Funeral Director

5 Tips for a Better Night’s Sleep

5 Tips for a Better Night’s Sleep

This one little thing that we do each night has such profound effects on our lives, I’m surprised more doctors don’t write it on a prescription pad every time we go in for a visit.

Turning Art Into Science

Turning Art Into Science

At the time, Damon de la Cruz and Robert Holmes were both teaching at American River College in Sacramento, California; de la Cruz was the funeral service education program director, and Holme…

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Welcoming a New Generation

Although Quinn Haisley-Wheeler is the daughter of a funeral director, it was never a given she would follow in her father’s footsteps.

American Funeral Director's Innovators 2023

Funeral service is filled with extraordinary businesses. The name of a business, though, only begins to tell its story. Behind the names are talented, passionate and dedicated individuals helping that business succeed. Meet the innovators who are making their mark in funeral service today, tomorrow and beyond.

American Cemetery & Cremation

Editor's Message

This month, many of us think of our mothers, the ones that raised us and the mythical one who can take care of us or take us to task depending on her whim – Mother Nature.

Cems in the News

St. Patrick’s Cemetery in Oneida, New York, part of the Diocese of Syracuse, took a ride in the viral whirlwind when the story of their trash pile of people’s graveside memorial items made the…

Last Digs

Hello friendly cemetery and cremation folks; it’s me, Ledger Stones, writing from my lair beneath the Kates-Boylston Publications offices in New Jersey, USA. Soon those offices will be relocat…

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The Rhododendrons Are Coming!

At Greendale Cemetery, come for the blooms, stay for the ... zippers? The big week was still nearly two months off, but blue skies and temperatures hinting of spring were enough to draw visitors, some walking dogs, others pushing strollers, many wearing earbuds for a brisk walk or jog through a cemetery that doubles in many ways as a city park

American Cemetery & Cremation Innovators 2023

Funeral service is filled with extraordinary businesses. The name of a business, though, only begins to tell its story. Behind the names are talented, passionate and dedicated individuals helping that business succeed. Meet the innovators who are making their mark in death care today, tomorrow and beyond.

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Real Talk

If you’re a regular reader, you’ll know that every now and again I’ll take some of this editorial space to promote the website version of this weekly newsletter. I want to mention this again for a very important reason: This week’s edition features stories that have been live and exclusive t…

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