January 2023, Funeral Home & Cemetery News – Guided by contemporary e-commerce principals, inspired by changing attitudes about death and informed by their personal deathcare experiences, over the past 10 years a collection of innovative entrepreneurs has created a new category of digital deathcare services – direct-to-consumer cremation.

At Woodridge Memorial Park & Funeral Home in Lexington, South Carolina, thoughtful design, expanded options at multi- ple price points and teamwork have come together to make Pine Haven Cremation Estates a model for future cemetery development.

November 2, 2022 – Foundation Partners Group, a leading provider of innovative deathcare solutions, today announced that it has acquired Solace Cremation, a Portland, Oregon-based online cremation company serving families in Oregon, California and Florida.

Death-care business owners and managers are being squeezed in every direction. The COVID-19 pandemic and digital technology have transformed the profession, while inflation, labor shortages and changing consumer preferences call for financial discipline to minimize costs and creative solutions to maximize profits.