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Brad Rex couldn’t believe the service that the funeral home provided when his mother died – and it wasn’t because he was impressed. First: The funeral director rolled his eyes and sighed when Rex said his mother would be cremated. Second: When he asked if the funeral home had any type of checklist to work through to ensure he was covering all the essentials, the funeral director essentially shrugged and told him to look on the Internet...

Release date: 4/23/2015, MONTEREY >> Once upon a time, this kind of send-off was reserved for movie stars, athletes and presidents. Now, a local funeral home is offering a multimedia, multi-sensory, high-tech way to go out in grand style. Mission Mortuary has created a ShareLife room, where the departed’s pre-produced life story can be shared on a 40-foot movie screen, an experience that incorporates light, sound, even ambient scent to create what they’re calling “a personal and meaningful remembrance experience.”

Foundation Partners Group may have a new financial backer, but Brad Rex isn’t going anywhere. The president and CEO of the Orlando, Florida-based funeral home consolidator will continue to promote a new vision for funeral service under its new capital provider, Access Holdings, a private investment firm...

Release date: 4/02/2015, Orlando, FL. – Foundation Partners Group, LLC (FPG) announced today that it has secured a capital commitment to drive future growth and advances in the funeral industry. “In the past two years, we have grown our business more than 50% through acquisitions and organic growth, while introducing many innovations to the funeral…