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ConnectingDirectors.com a website for Funeral Directors is continuing it’s chase of Batesville Casket Company.

Batesville Casket Is going outside the Casket sale for Income

The Webmaster there is reporting that he has inside information about the purchase of a  a tech company by Batesville Casket

The webmaster reports a website production site purchase. Batesville has not confirmed it’s purchase of Memorial Solutions  a Company that makes funeral home Websites.
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A few years ago Batesville purchased WebFH, a company that had built websites for over 3,000 funeral homes. On Wednesday Batesville added to the number of funeral home websites they own when they purchased Memorial Solutions.via www.connectingdirectors.com

Batesville Casket Company is a subsidiary of Hillenbrand Inc. Batesville is the world’s largest producer of Caskets.

IF CONFIRMED THIS PURCHASE IS ANOTHER INDICATION OF FUNERAL INDUSTRY DECLINE.

More on Connecting Directors Chasing Batesville Caskets.

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Thursday, June 3rd, 2010
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Funeral corporations are taking to sponsoring to bring credibility to their endeavors. Batesville has been doing this for years. Service Corporation International sponsored an Organ Donation  float in the Rose Bowl Parade.

The Neon Man and Me is set to air on Sunday on PBS. Wilbert Funeral services is a Funeral Vault Company-

“Wilbert Funeral Services, on behalf of the Wilbert Foundation, has agreed to be a national sponsor for “The Neon Man and Me,” according to a news release. This award-winning program is set to air later this month on Public Broadcasting System television stations throughout the United States. “The Neon Man and Me” is a one-man show created and produced by storyteller Slash Coleman. The show centers on the untimely death of Coleman’s best friend, who made a living hanging neon signs. It’s an uplifting tale about best friends that explores family, following your heart, and a journey home. In addition, it’s a powerful story that illustrates how everyone can talk openly about their feelings related to bereavement, loss and friendship. Coleman’s intent for creating this performance was to produce something that his friend’s son – conceived just weeks before the electrical accident that claimed his friend’s life – could look to someday to learn about his dad. The Off-Broadway show has enjoyed four national tours and reviews in The New York Times, The Washington Post, American Theatre Magazine, Backstage Magazine, NPR and ABC News. The televised version is now set to air beginning March21,2010″.via www.katesboylston.com

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Saturday, March 20th, 2010
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Hillenbrand  Inc NYSE:HI, parent company of Batesville Casket Company is telling the World The Traditional US Funeral Business is in  Decline. They have sent  Four Signals to the world recently.

1).2009 Year end Financial report- Revenue Loss. 2.) Purchase of Rights to Burial Vaults 3.) Major purchase  of non Funeral Manufacturer K-Tron 4.) Entry into the online obituary and memorials Market with ObitLink.

It seems that the burial vault purchase, the large non funeral industry corporate purchase, and the entry into the online memorial  obituary business  all follow from the 2009 revenue Loss.

The significance here is that the leading casket maker in the world(NYSE:HI) has for the first time gone outside the casket sale and outside the  funeral industry to increase revenue. This is a sure indication of  the Funeral Industry  as we know it’s decline.

The Four signals sent.

1).2009 Year end Financial report- Revenue Loss.

2.) Purchase of Rights to Burial Vaults

3.) Major purchase  of non Funeral Manufacturer K-Tron

4.) Entry into the online obituary and memorials Market

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Thursday, January 21st, 2010
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Welcome To Coffin University-Today we are NOT going to teach you about  the sale of Batesville, York, or Aurora Caskets. Instead we are here to help you experience your own death, what it is like to be in your Casket and be at your own funeral. This is not from the twilight zone or the future. It is happening now right here on Planet Earth.

Do you remember the MOVIE-What about Bob-death therapy.

It is going on in Korea according to the Los Angeles Times. Snippet:

“Jung, a slight 39-year-old with an undertaker’s blue suit and a preacher’s demeanor, is a resolute counselor on the ever-after who welcomes clients with the invitation, “OK, today let’s get close to death.”

Jung runs a seminar called the Coffin Academy, where, for $25 each, South Koreans can get a glimpse into the abyss. Over four hours, groups of a dozen or more tearfully write their letters of goodbye and tombstone epitaphs. Finally, they attend their own funerals and try the coffin on for size.

In a candle-lighted chapel, each climbs into one of the austere wooden caskets laid side by side on the floor. Lying face up, their arms crossed over their chests, they close their eyes. And there they rest, for 10 excruciating minutes.

“It’s a way to let go of certain things,” says Jung, a former insurance company lecturer. “Afterward, you feel refreshed. You’re ready to start your life all over again, this time with a clean slate.”

Across South Korea, a few entrepreneurs are conducting controversial forums designed to teach clients how to better appreciate life by simulating death. Equal parts Vincent Price and Dale Carnegie, they use mortality as a personal motivator for a variety of behaviors, from a healthier attitude toward work to getting along with family members.via www.latimes.com

This is called a faux funeral a descendant of the mock funeral.

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Monday, January 4th, 2010
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Cemetary Urn Mausoleum 2657The rise in cremation  in the USA will continue. This is as projected.  Funeral Corporate leaders in explaining away traditional funeral numbers have implied the situation is temporary. Although some are turned off by the irreversibility of the cremation process here  will be more use of urns, and columbariums. There will be less use of caskets.

Cremation has affected the sales at Batesville Casket Company,(Hillenbrand, Inc) the world’s largest casket company according to the CEO.

North American burials continued to decline in the fourth quarter, even as the number of deaths returned to a more normal seasonal level,” said Kenneth Camp, president and CEO, in the release. “We believe the economic uncertainties have prompted some families to opt for cremation at a rate greater than we’ve seen in the past.”

via louisville.bizjournals.com

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