Family vs. Conglomerate Norman L. Waterman Funeral Home, Inc.

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Thursday Aug 7, 2008

Family vs. Conglomerate
Should I choose a family funeral home or chain operation? Over the past several years, large multi-national organizations have been purchasing funeral homes at an alarming rate. Recent media reports such as 60 Minutes, Time, and US News and World Report conclude that these death care business operations, while trying to maintain the façade of a family operation, quickly increase prices considerably and enforce merchandising policies on employees geared to significantly increase their bottom lines. Carpenter Funeral Homes, Beilby Funeral Home, and Hills Funeral Home are all owned by the Loewen Corporation, a large Canadian Corporation that owns a chain of funeral homes and cemeteries throughout Canada and the US. Acly Stover, Haughy, and Phillips are local, family owned funeral homes. Family funeral directors are free to carry out policies that are flexible and meet the various needs of their local communities. Phillips Funeral Home is a member of the National Selected Morticians, a national organization of family owned funeral directors that are required to adhere to a strict code of funeral ethics. http:// www.nsm.org

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